Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 181, Issue 3 , Pages 211-218 , 30 March 2010

A time-saving and facilitating approach for segmentation of anatomically defined cortical regions: MRI volumetry

  • Ed H.B.M. Gronenschild

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 43 3882244; fax: +31 43 3884170.
    • ,
  • Saartje Burgmans

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Floortje Smeets

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Eric F.P.M. Vuurman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Harry B.M. Uylings

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Jelle Jolles

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Received 28 October 2008 ,Revised 15 October 2009 ,Accepted 15 October 2009.

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PII: S0925-4927(09)00236-4

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.10.003

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 181, Issue 3 , Pages 211-218 , 30 March 2010

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