Quad-phased data mining modeling for dementia diagnosis.

Journal: BMC medical informatics and decision making
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The number of people with dementia is increasing along with people's ageing trend worldwide. Therefore, there are various researches to improve a dementia diagnosis process in the field of computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) technology. The most significant issue is that the evaluation processes by physician which is based on medical information for patients and questionnaire from their guardians are time consuming, subjective and prone to error. This problem can be solved by an overall data mining modeling, which subsidizes an intuitive decision of clinicians.

Authors

  • Sunjoo Bang
    Department of Industrial Engineering, Ajou University, 206, World cup-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
  • Sangjoon Son
    Department of Psychiatry, Ajou University School of Medicine, 206, World cup-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
  • Hyunwoong Roh
    Department of Psychiatry, Ajou University School of Medicine, 206, World cup-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
  • Jihye Lee
    Department of Digital Media, Ajou University, 206, World cup-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
  • Sungyun Bae
    Department of Digital Media, Ajou University, 206, World cup-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
  • Kyungwon Lee
    Department of Digital Media, Ajou University, Wonchun-dong, Yeongtong-gu, 443-749, Suwon, South Korea.
  • Changhyung Hong
    Department of Psychiatry, Ajou University School of Medicine, 206, World cup-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea. chhong2012@gmail.com.
  • Hyunjung Shin
    Department of Industrial Engineering, Ajou University, Wonchun-dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, 443-749, South Korea. shin@ajou.ac.kr.