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Influence of thickening of the inner skull table on intracranial volume measurement in older people

INTRODUCTION: It is generally assumed that intracranial volume (ICV) remains constant after peaking in early adulthood. Thus ICV is used as a ‘proxy’ for original brain size when trying to estimate brain atrophy in older people in neuroimaging studies. However, physiological changes in the skull, su...

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Autores principales: Royle, N.A., Hernández, M.C. Valdés, Maniega, S. Muñoz, Arabisala, B.S., Bastin, M.E., Deary, I.J., Wardlaw, J.M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3682185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23453763
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mri.2013.01.012