Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 148, Issue 2 , Pages 151-163 , 1 December 2006

Inter-rater reliability of manual segmentation of the superior, inferior and middle frontal gyri

  • John P. John

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Hosur Road, Bangalore 560 029, Karnataka, India
    • Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Hosur Road, Bangalore 560 029, Karnataka, India. Tel.: +91 80 26995349/26995306; fax: +91 80 26564822.
    • ,
  • Lei Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
    • ,
  • Amanda J. Moffitt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
    • ,
  • Harmeeta K. Singh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
    • ,
  • Mokhtar H. Gado

      Affiliations

    • Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
    • ,
  • John G. Csernansky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
    • Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States

Received 13 February 2006 ,Revised 28 April 2006 ,Accepted 13 May 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.05.006

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 148, Issue 2 , Pages 151-163 , 1 December 2006

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