MR Morphometry by Means of Deformation Field Analysis

Brain morphometry techniques which are based on structural MR tomography enable one to examine the anatomy of human brains in vivo. These techniques can also be used to search for structural characteristics being related to mental or neurological diseases. Such characteristics may help to understand the mechanisms of these diseases, and may be relevant for their therapy or diagnosis. Considering that the resolution of routine MR techniques for in vivo scans of the whole brain is limited to approximately 1mm, MR morphometry usually examines the macroscopic structure of human brains. We have employed a new techniq…