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Quantitative Neuroimaging Analysis

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Air encephalography; Computed tomography, CT; Computerized axial tomography, CAT; Diffusion tensor imaging, DTI; Encephalography or pneumoencephalography, PEG; Functional MRI, fMRI; Magnetic resonance imaging, MRI; Near-infrared spectroscopy, NIR; Positron emission tomography, PET; Single photon emission tomography, SPECT

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Modern neuroimaging began with the 1973 introduction of what was originally referred to as computerized axial tomography (CAT), but is now more commonly known as computed tomography or CT. Godfrey N. Hounsfield and Allen M. Cormack shared the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for this invention, along with the Hounsfield scale or quantitative measure of radio density for CT scan evaluation which is still used today (Beckmann 2006; Waltham et al. 2012). Within a decade, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was also well established, with improved detection of neuropathology over CT. However, the magnetic resonance (MR)...

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  1. Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA

    Erin D. Bigler & Jo Ann Petrie

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  1. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

    Jeffrey S. Kreutzer

  2. Kessler Foundation, Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ, USA

    John DeLuca

  3. Independent Practice, Wynnewood, PA, USA

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Bigler, E.D., Petrie, J.A. (2018). Quantitative Neuroimaging Analysis. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_9060

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