MRI-based age prediction using hidden Markov models

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 140-145

  Wang, Bing ^a   Pham, Tuan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age prediction; Hidden Markov models; Kullback Leibler divergence; MRI; Vector quantization; Wavelet transforms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 79958172202     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.04.022     Document Type: Article

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