An automated assessment of White Matter Lesions based on regional FLAIR intensity evaluation
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Figure 2 Comparison of visually assessed and fully-automatically obtained white matter lesion values. A) comparison for subcortical white matter lesion (sWML) volumes, and B) comparison for periventricular white matter lesion (pWML) scores. The dotted line in A is the identity line. ρ = Spearman's rank correlation coefficient. An automated assessment of White Matter Lesions based on regional FLAIR intensity evaluation
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