New computer-aided diagnosis of dementia using positron emission tomography: brain regional sensitivity-mapping method.

We devised a new computer-aided diagnosis method to segregate dementia using one estimated index (Total Z score) derived from the Brodmann area (BA) sensitivity map on the stereotaxic brain atlas. The purpose of this study is to investigate its accuracy to differentiate patients with Alzheimer'...

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Main Authors: Akihiro Kakimoto, Yuichi Kamekawa, Shigeru Ito, Etsuji Yoshikawa, Hiroyuki Okada, Sadahiko Nishizawa, Satoshi Minoshima, Yasuomi Ouchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3180278?pdf=render