Voxel-MARS and CMARS: Methods for Early detection of Alzheimer's Disease by Classification of Structural Brain MRI
by: Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Introduction
- Motivation
- Objectives
Background
- Biomarkers
-MARS/CMARS
Methodology
- Data
- Methods
Performance
- Results
- Discussions
Conclusions
- Conclusions
- Future Outlook
DEFINITIONS
Alzheimer's Disease (AD)
- Most common neurodegenerative disease
- Most common cause of dementia
- Causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior, interferes with daily tasks, eventually leads to death
- Prevalence gets higher due to increasing life expectancy
Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
- Cognitive impairments beyond the expected ones due to age and education
- Increasing risk of converting to AD (at a rate of approximately 10% to 15% per year according to Petersen et al., 2004)
Link to material: http://ifors.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/EURO2018-Voxel-MARS-and-CMARS.pdf