Academic Radiology
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 24-35 , January 2006

Morphologic Relationship Among the Corpus Callosum, Fornix, Anterior Commissure, and Posterior Commissure: MRI-Based Variability Study

Received 4 February 2005 ,Revised 10 June 2005 ,Accepted 14 June 2005.

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 Supported by the Biomedical Research Council, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore.

PII: S1076-6332(05)00560-X

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2005.06.018

Academic Radiology
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 24-35 , January 2006

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