Individual classification of mild cognitive impairment subtypes by support vector machine analysis of white matter DTI

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 283-291

  Haller, Sven ^a   Missonnier, P ^a   Herrmann, F R ^a   Rodriguez, C ^a   Deiber, M P ^a,b   Nguyen, D ^c   Gold, G ^a   Lovblad, K O ^a   Giannakopoulos, P ^a,d  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Centre Diagnostic Radiologique Carouge   (Switzerland)

^d Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neurotherapies   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AMNESIA; ANISOTROPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

EID: 84876198967     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3223     Document Type: Article

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