Diagnostic classification of specific phobia subtypes using structural MRI data: a machine-learning approach

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 123-134

  Lueken, Ulrike ^a   Hilbert, Kevin ^a   Wittchen, Hans Ulrich ^a   Reif, Andreas ^b   Hahn, Tim ^c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gaussian process classifier; Machine learning; MRI; Specific phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MACHINE LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOBIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHITE MATTER; WHOLE BODY SCANNER; ADOLESCENT; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CLASSIFICATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PATHOLOGY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84935011665     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-014-1272-5     Document Type: Article

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