Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) via Estimating the Density of Gray Matter Using Voxel-Based Morphometry (VBM) in the Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Background: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a transmition phase between the normal elderly and demance which is due to the loss of brain cells, tends to irreversible loss of mental abilities and should be predicted at early stage. Common methods of diagnosis are biochemical and psychological test...
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doaj-ed27b40a29d847359d6790d291a18c3d2020-11-25T00:28:49ZfasVesnu Publications مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان1027-75951735-854X2016-02-0133363220422122102Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) via Estimating the Density of Gray Matter Using Voxel-Based Morphometry (VBM) in the Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)Zahra Karimi0Saeed Kermani1Majid Barekatain2MSc Student, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Advanced Medical Technology AND Student Research Committee, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IranAssistant Professor, Department of Physics and Medical Engineering, School of Medicine AND Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Advanced Medical Technology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IranProfessor, Psychosomatic Research Center AND Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IranBackground: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a transmition phase between the normal elderly and demance which is due to the loss of brain cells, tends to irreversible loss of mental abilities and should be predicted at early stage. Common methods of diagnosis are biochemical and psychological tests. Recently, ragrding the developments in analysis of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), it has been attended as a noninvasive and low-cost method. In this study, we tried to diagnos mild cognitive impairment via estimating the volume of gray matter using voxel-based morphometry (VBM) in brain MRI. Methods: 20 patients with mild cognitive impairment and 20 normal subjects aged 66.4 ± 4.6 and 65.3 ± 3.9 years, respectively, were assessed. All subjects underwent neuropsychological testing using Neuropsychiatry Unit Cognitive assessment tool and were scanned with 1.5T MRI. Images were pre-processed and analyzed using SPM8 running on Matlab2013b software. Finally for statistical analyses, modulated images of two groups were compared. Findings: Patients with mild cognitive impairment had significantly lower brain gray matter density in superior frontal gyrus (P = 0.013), inferior temporal gyrus (P = 0.013), inferior frontal gyrus (P = 0.017), paracentral lobule, superior temporal gyru, paracentral lobule (P = 0.022), and insula and middle temporal gyrus (P = 0.030). Conclusion: In this study were found several regions of local brain atrophy in patients with mild cognitive impairment within the regions known to be involved in early brain atrophy in mild cognitive impairment that reduce gray matter density.http://jims.mui.ac.ir/index.php/jims/article/view/4903Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)Voxel-based morphometryMild cognitive impairmentGray MatterDensity |
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Zahra Karimi Saeed Kermani Majid Barekatain Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) via Estimating the Density of Gray Matter Using Voxel-Based Morphometry (VBM) in the Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Voxel-based morphometry Mild cognitive impairment Gray Matter Density |
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Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) via Estimating the Density of Gray Matter Using Voxel-Based Morphometry (VBM) in the Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) |
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Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) via Estimating the Density of Gray Matter Using Voxel-Based Morphometry (VBM) in the Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) |
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Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) via Estimating the Density of Gray Matter Using Voxel-Based Morphometry (VBM) in the Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) |
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Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) via Estimating the Density of Gray Matter Using Voxel-Based Morphometry (VBM) in the Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) |
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Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) via Estimating the Density of Gray Matter Using Voxel-Based Morphometry (VBM) in the Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) |
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diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (mci) via estimating the density of gray matter using voxel-based morphometry (vbm) in the brain magnetic resonance imaging (mri) |
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Background: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a transmition phase between the normal elderly and demance which is due to the loss of brain cells, tends to irreversible loss of mental abilities and should be predicted at early stage. Common methods of diagnosis are biochemical and psychological tests. Recently, ragrding the developments in analysis of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), it has been attended as a noninvasive and low-cost method. In this study, we tried to diagnos mild cognitive impairment via estimating the volume of gray matter using voxel-based morphometry (VBM) in brain MRI.
Methods: 20 patients with mild cognitive impairment and 20 normal subjects aged 66.4 ± 4.6 and 65.3 ± 3.9 years, respectively, were assessed. All subjects underwent neuropsychological testing using Neuropsychiatry Unit Cognitive assessment tool and were scanned with 1.5T MRI. Images were pre-processed and analyzed using SPM8 running on Matlab2013b software. Finally for statistical analyses, modulated images of two groups were compared.
Findings: Patients with mild cognitive impairment had significantly lower brain gray matter density in superior frontal gyrus (P = 0.013), inferior temporal gyrus (P = 0.013), inferior frontal gyrus (P = 0.017), paracentral lobule, superior temporal gyru, paracentral lobule (P = 0.022), and insula and middle temporal gyrus (P = 0.030).
Conclusion: In this study were found several regions of local brain atrophy in patients with mild cognitive impairment within the regions known to be involved in early brain atrophy in mild cognitive impairment that reduce gray matter density. |
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Voxel-based morphometry Mild cognitive impairment Gray Matter Density |
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