Analysis of convolutional neural networks for fronto-temporal dementia biomarker discovery.

Journal: International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
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Abstract

PURPOSE: Frontotemporal lobe dementia (FTD) results from the degeneration of the frontal and temporal lobes. It can manifest in several different ways, leading to the definition of variants characterised by their distinctive symptomatologies. As these variants are detected based on their symptoms, it can be unclear if they represent different types of FTD or different symptomatological axes. The goal of this paper is to investigate this question with a constrained cohort of FTD patients in order to see if the heterogeneity within this cohort can be inferred from medical images rather than symptom severity measurements.

Authors

  • Alfonso Estudillo Romero
    Laboratoire Traitement du Signal et de l'Image (LTSI, INSERM UMR 1099), Université de Rennes, Rennes, France.
  • Raffaella Migliaccio
    Frontal Functions and Pathology Laboratory (FrontLab), Institut du Cerveau, Paris, France.
  • Bénédicte Batrancourt
    Frontal Functions and Pathology Laboratory (FrontLab), Institut du Cerveau, Paris, France.
  • Pierre Jannin
  • John S H Baxter
    Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France.