Using Deep Learning to Perform Automatic Quantitative Measurement of Masseter and Tongue Muscles in Persons With Dementia: Cross-Sectional Study.

Journal: JMIR aging
PMID: 40106819

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Sarcopenia (loss of muscle mass and strength) increases adverse outcomes risk and contributes to cognitive decline in older adults. Accurate methods to quantify muscle mass and predict adverse outcomes, particularly in older persons with dementia, are still lacking.

Authors

  • Mahdi Imani
  • Miguel G Borda
    Centre for Age-Related Medicine (SESAM), Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway.
  • Sara Vogrin
    Department of Medicine, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, St. Albans, Australia.
  • Erik Meijering
    Biomedical Imaging Group Rotterdam, Departments of Medical Informatics and Radiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Dag Aarsland
    Centre for Age-Related Medicine, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway; Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
  • Gustavo Duque
    Bone, Muscle & Geroscience Group, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, 1001 Decarie Blvd, Room EM1.3226, Montreal, QC, H4A 3J1, Canada, 1 514 934 1934.

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