Multiparametric MRI characterization and prediction in autism spectrum disorder using graph theory and machine learning

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Zhou, Yongxia ^a   Yu, Fang ^b   Duong, Timothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW REVISED; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; BRAIN CORTEX; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAPH THEORY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MACHINE LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL STUDY; VOLUMETRY; WHITE MATTER; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONNECTOME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CONNECTOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 84903388522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090405     Document Type: Article

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