Prediction of dementia by hippocampal shape analysis

Hakim C. Achterberg, Fedde Van Der Lijn, Tom Den Heijer, Aad Van Der Lugt, Monique M.B. Breteler, Wiro J. Niessen, Marleen De Bruijne

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Abstract

This work investigates the possibility of predicting future onset of dementia in subjects who are cognitively normal, using hippocampal shape and volume information extracted from MRI scans. A group of 47 subjects who were non-demented normal at the time of the MRI acquisition, but were diagnosed with dementia during a 9 year follow-up period, was selected from a large population based cohort study. 47 Age and gender matched subjects who stayed cognitively intact were selected from the same cohort study as a control group. The hippocampi were automatically segmented and all segmentations were inspected and, if necessary, manually corrected by a trained observer. From this data a statistical model of hippocampal shape was constructed, using an entropy-based particle system. This shape model provided the input for a Support Vector Machine classifier to predict dementia. Cross validation experiments showed that shape information can predict future onset of dementia in this dataset with an accuracy of 70%. By incorporating both shape and volume information into the classifier, the accuracy increased to 74%.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMachine Learning in Medical Imaging - First International Workshop, MLMI 2010, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2010, Proceedings
Pages42-49
Number of pages8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Event1st International Workshop on Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, MLMI 2010, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2010 - Beijing, China
Duration: 20 Sept 201020 Sept 2010

Publication series

SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume6357 LNCS
ISSN0302-9743

Conference

Conference1st International Workshop on Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, MLMI 2010, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2010
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period20/09/1020/09/10

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