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A comparative study of linear measurement of the brain and three-dimensional measurement of brain volume using CT scans

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Abstract

Parameters of linear measurement were compared with actual brain volume to assess the significance of linear measurements as indices of atrophy in 31 neurologically normal children and 22 neurologically abnormal children. Brain volume was established by means of an image-analyzing system using contiguous CT scans. The parameters or indices estimated were: (1) the maximum transverse width of both hemispheres, (2) the maximum longitudinal length of both hemisphere, (3) the maximum frontal subarachnoid space, (4) the maximum width of the interhemsipheric fissure, (5) the maximum width of the Sylvian fissure, (6) Evan's ratio, (7) the maximum width of the third ventricle, (8) the cella media index, (9) the maximum width of the fourth ventricle. In neurologically normal children, the maximum transverse width of both hemispheres, the maximum longitudinal length of both hemispheres, the maximum width of the interhemispheric fissure and the maximum width of the Sylvian fissure correlated significantly with the combined volume (CV) of both hemispheres and basal ganglia. In particular, the maximum transverse width of both hemispheres and the maximum longitudinal length of both hemispheres had a high correlation. In neurologically abnormal children the maximum transverse width of both hemispheres and the maximum width of the interhemispheric fissure were significantly correlated with the CV of both hemispheres and basal ganglia.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, 305, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken, Japan

    K. Hamano, N. Iwasaki, T. Takeya & H. Takita

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Hamano, K., Iwasaki, N., Takeya, T. et al. A comparative study of linear measurement of the brain and three-dimensional measurement of brain volume using CT scans. Pediatr Radiol 23, 165–168 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02013822

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