Imaging-based biomarkers of cognitive performance in older adults constructed via high-dimensional pattern regression applied to MRI and PET

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Ying ^a   Goh, Joshua O ^b,c   Resnick, Susan M ^b   Davatzikos, Christos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 84893670411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085460     Document Type: Article

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