The reproducibility and sensitivity of brain tissue volume measurements derived from an SPM‐based segmentation methodology

To investigate the reproducibility of SPM99‐based whole brain, gray matter, and white matter volume measurements with and without image inhomogeneity correction, subsequently exploring age and gender effects on absolute and fractional (proportional to intra‐cranial) volumes.

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