Clinical validation of artificial intelligence-based single-subject morphometry without normative reference database.

Journal: Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Single-subject voxel-based morphometry (VBM) is a powerful technique for reader-independent detection of brain atrophy in structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to support the (differential) diagnosis and staging of neurodegenerative diseases in individual patients. However, VBM is sensitive to the MRI scanner platform and details of the acquisition sequence. To mitigate this limitation, we recently proposed and validated a convolutional neural network (CNN)-based VBM which does not rely on a normative reference database.

Authors

  • Dennis M Hedderich
    Department of Neuroradiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, Munich, Germany.
  • Roland Opfer
    jung diagnostics GmbH, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Julia Krüger
    Jung diagnostics, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Lothar Spies
    jung diagnostics GmbH, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Igor Yakushev
  • Ralph Buchert
    Department for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany. r.buchert@uke.de.