title: MRI-based volumetry of head compartments: normative values of healthy adults.
abstract: The size of head compartments (head and brain volume, intracranial volume, gray and white matter volume, cerebrospinal fluid volume) and their ratios were determined on the basis of magnetic resonance images of the head acquired in a reference population of 502 healthy subjects. Age-matched subgroups were selected to reveal gender-related differences and changes with age. Normative data are provided in the form of simple equations that allow transforming measured compartment volumes into z scores, offering the possibility to relate individual data to a larger population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 816E Engineering Tower, Irvine, CA 92676, USA. frithjok@uci.edu
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kruggel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000502:physiology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006257:Head / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008432:Mathematical Computing; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors