Individual prediction of cognitive decline in mild cognitive impairment using support vector machine-based analysis of diffusion tensor imaging data

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 315-327

  Haller, Sven ^a   Nguyen, Duy ^a   Rodriguez, Cristelle ^b   Emch, Joan ^b   Gold, Gabriel ^b   Bartsch, Andreas ^c   Lovblad, Karl O ^a   Giannakopoulos, Panteleimon ^b,d  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d University of Lausanne Medical Center   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; fractional anisotrophy; mild cognitive impairment; support vector machines; Tract Based Spatial Statistics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 78650630759     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2010-100840     Document Type: Article

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