Integrating longitudinal information in hippocampal volume measurements for the early detection of Alzheimer's disease

NeuroImage

Volumn 125, Issue , 2016, Pages 834-847

  Chincarini, Andrea ^a   Sensi, Francesco ^a   Rei, Luca ^a,b   Gemme, Gianluca ^a   Squarcia, Sandro ^a,b   Longo, Renata ^e,f   Brun, Francesco ^e,f   Tangaro, Sabina ^d   Bellotti, Roberto ^c,d   Amoroso, Nicola ^c,d   Bocchetta, Martina ^g,h   Redolfi, Alberto ^g   Bosco, Paolo ^g   Boccardi, Marina ^g   Frisoni, Giovanni B ^g,j   Nobili, Flavio ⁱ  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI GENOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^e SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^g IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Hippocampus; Image analysis; Longitudinal measure; MRI

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84947104424     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.10.065     Document Type: Article

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