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% This software is a reimplmentation/package of our hippocampus segmenation method described in
% Hao, Y., Wang, T., Zhang, X., Duan, Y., Yu, C., Jiang, T., Fan, Y.  (2014), 
% Local label learning (LLL) for subcortical structure segmentation: 
% Application to hippocampus segmentation. 
% Hum. Brain Mapp., 35: 26742697. doi:10.1002/hbm.22359
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% Y. Hao, J. Liu, Y. Duan, X. Zhang, C. Yu, T. Jiang, and Y. Fan, 
% "Local label learning (L3) for multi-atlas based segmentation," 
% in SPIE Medical Imaging, 2012, p. 83142E. 
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% Y. Hao, T. Jiang, and Y. Fan, 
% "Shape-constrained multi-atlas based segmentation with multichannel registration," 
% in Proceeding of SPIE Medical Imaging: Image Processing, vol. 8314, p. 83143N, 2012. 
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% This software is dependent on following software packages
% https://itk.org/     ITK/project/license.html
% http://stnava.github.io/ANTs/
% https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/8797-tools-for-nifti-and-analyze-image
% https://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~cjlin/liblinear/
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