Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 156, Issue 3 , Pages 225-245 , 15 December 2007

Voxel-wise comparisons of the morphology of diffusion tensors across groups of experimental subjects

  • Ravi Bansal

      Affiliations

    • New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Room #2410, Unit 74, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Dr., New York, NY 10032, United States. Tel.: +1 212 543 6145.
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  • Lawrence H. Staib

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Electrical Engineering and Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06512, United States
    • ,
  • Kerstin J. Plessen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, United States
    • Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, University of Bergen, Norway
    • ,
  • Dongrong Xu

      Affiliations

    • New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, United States
    • ,
  • Jason Royal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, United States
    • ,
  • Bradley S. Peterson

      Affiliations

    • New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, United States

Received 27 June 2006 ,Revised 18 November 2006 ,Accepted 26 December 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.12.015

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 156, Issue 3 , Pages 225-245 , 15 December 2007

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