Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 146, Issue 2 , Pages 171-177 , 31 March 2006

An MRI study of structural variations in schizophrenia using deformation field morphometry

  • Uicheul Yoon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Sungdong P.O. Box 55, Seoul, 133-605, Korea
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  • Jong-Min Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Sungdong P.O. Box 55, Seoul, 133-605, Korea
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  • Jun Soo Kwon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Hyun-Pil Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Sungdong P.O. Box 55, Seoul, 133-605, Korea
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  • Yong-Wook Shin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Tae Hyon Ha

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • In Young Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Sungdong P.O. Box 55, Seoul, 133-605, Korea
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  • Kee-Hyun Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Sun I. Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Sungdong P.O. Box 55, Seoul, 133-605, Korea

Received 21 September 2005 ,Revised 6 December 2005 ,Accepted 14 December 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2005.12.005

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 146, Issue 2 , Pages 171-177 , 31 March 2006

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