Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 2 , Pages 147-154 , 15 May 2009

Manual MRI parcellation of the frontal lobe

  • Marin E. Ranta

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Neurocognitive Imaging and Research, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Deana Crocetti

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Neurocognitive Imaging and Research, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Jacqueline A. Clauss

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Neurocognitive Imaging and Research, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Michael A. Kraut

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Stewart H. Mostofsky

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Neurocognitive Imaging and Research, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Walter E. Kaufmann

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Neurocognitive Imaging and Research, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Kennedy Krieger Institute, 3901 Greenspring Ave., Baltimore, MD 21211, USA. Tel.: +1 443 923 2789; fax: +1 443 923 7696.

Received 16 December 2008 ,Accepted 31 January 2009.

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Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 2 , Pages 147-154 , 15 May 2009

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