Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 75-86 , September 2009

Morphometric analysis of brain images with reduced number of statistical tests: A study on the gender-related differentiation of the corpus callosum

  • Despina Kontos

      Affiliations

    • Data Engineering Laboratory (DEnLab), Center for Information Science and Technology, Temple University, 1805 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
    • Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1 Silverstein Building, 3400 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-4206, USA
    • Tel.: +1 215 204 5774; fax: +1 215 204 5082.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 215 746 8759; fax: +1 215 746 8764.
    • ,
  • Vasileios Megalooikonomou

      Affiliations

    • Data Engineering Laboratory (DEnLab), Center for Information Science and Technology, Temple University, 1805 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
    • Tel.: +1 215 204 5774; fax: +1 215 204 5082.
    • ,
  • James C. Gee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, 3600 Market Street, Suite 370, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2644, USA
    • Tel.: +1 215 662 7109; fax: +1 215 615 3681.

Received 2 September 2007 ,Revised 8 May 2009 ,Accepted 10 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.artmed.2009.05.007

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 75-86 , September 2009

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