Local MRI analysis approach in the diagnosis of early and prodromal Alzheimer's disease

NeuroImage

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 469-480

  Chincarini, Andrea ^a   Bosco, Paolo ^a,b   Calvini, Piero ^a,b   Gemme, Gianluca ^a   Esposito, Mario ^a,b   Olivieri, Chiara ^b   Rei, Luca ^a,b   Squarcia, Sandro ^a,b   Rodriguez, Guido ^c   Bellotti, Roberto ^d,e   Cerello, Piergiorgio ^f   De Mitri, Ivan ^g,h   Retico, Alessandra ⁱ   Nobili, Flavio ^c  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI GENOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^e INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^f SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^h INFN SEZIONE DI LECCE   (Italy)

ⁱ INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Hippocampus; Image analysis; Medial temporal lobe; MRI

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM FOREST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AREA UNDER CURVE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 80051784240     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.05.083     Document Type: Article

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