Visual rating system for assessing magnetic resonance images: A tool in the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment and alzheimer disease

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-78

  Urs, Raksha ^a   Potter, Elizabeth ^b   Barker, Warren ^b   Appel, Jason ^b   Loewenstein, David A ^b,c   Zhao, Weizhao ^a   Duara, Ranjan ^b,c,d  

^a University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Wien Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Disorders   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Atrophy; Brain; Entorhinal cortex; Hippocampus; Mild cognitive impairment; MRI; Neuropsychological test; Visual rating system; VRS

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; RELIABILITY;

ALZHEIMERS DISEASE; ATROPHY; COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VISUAL RATING SYSTEM;

BRAIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL SYSTEM; ALGORITHM; BRAIN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 62149135344     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31816373d8     Document Type: Article

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