Improved slice to volume reconstruction of the fetal brain for automated cortex segmentation
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A. Bertelsen, P. Aljabar, H. Xue, L. Srinivasan, T. Hayat, J. Allsop, D. Rueckert, M. R. Rutherford, and J. V. Hajnal Robert Steiner MRI Unit, Imaging Sciences Department, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of computing, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, MR Research and Development, Siemens Medical Solutions USA, United States, Neonatal Department, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, Perinatal Imaging Group, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London
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