Alzheimer's Disease

Prediction of Cognitive Impairment Risk among Older Adults: A Machine Learning-Based Comparative Study and Model Development.

INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of cognitive impairment and dementia in the older population is increasing, and thereby, early detection of cognitive decline is essential for effective intervention.

Lipoproteins and metabolites in diagnosing and predicting Alzheimer's disease using machine learning.

BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder that poses a substantial economic burden. The Random forest algorithm is effective in predicting AD; however, the key factors influencing AD onset remain unclear. This study aimed to analyze the key lipoprotein and metabolite factors influencing AD onset using machine-learning methods. It provides new insights for researc...

Explainability of three-dimensional convolutional neural networks for functional magnetic resonance imaging of Alzheimer's disease classification based on gradient-weighted class activation mapping.

Currently, numerous studies focus on employing fMRI-based deep neural networks to diagnose neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's Disease (AD), ye...

A confounder controlled machine learning approach: Group analysis and classification of schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease using resting-state functional network connectivity.

Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) has increasingly been used to study both Alzheimer's disease (AD) and schizophrenia (SZ)...

Alzheimer's disease early screening and staged detection with plasma proteome using machine learning and convolutional neural network.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) stands as the prevalent progressive neurodegenerative disease, precipitating cognitive impairment and even memory loss. Amylo...

Deploying Robot-Led Activities for People with Dementia at Aged Care Facilities: A Feasibility Study.

OBJECTIVES: To explore the feasibility of deploying robot-led activities for people with dementia living in aged care facilities.

A ResNet mini architecture for brain age prediction.

The brain presents age-related structural and functional changes in the human life, with different extends between subjects and groups. Brain age pred...

CKG-IMC: An inductive matrix completion method enhanced by CKG and GNN for Alzheimer's disease compound-protein interactions prediction.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most prevalent chronic neurodegenerative disorders globally, with a rapidly growing population of AD patients a...

Making robots matter in dementia care: Conceptualising the triadic interaction between caregiver, resident and robot animal.

While previous research studies have focused on either caregivers' or residents' perception and use of social robots, this article offers an empirical...

Robot-based solution for helping Alzheimer patients.

Alzheimer's is a progressive and debilitating neurological disorder characterized by cognitive decline, memory loss, and impaired daily functioning. I...

Comparative assessment of established and deep learning-based segmentation methods for hippocampal volume estimation in brain magnetic resonance imaging analysis.

In this study, our objective was to assess the performance of two deep learning-based hippocampal segmentation methods, SynthSeg and TigerBx, which ar...

Pain prediction model based on machine learning and SHAP values for elders with dementia in Taiwan.

INTRODUCTION: Pain conditions are common in elderly individuals, including those with dementia. However, symptoms associated with dementia may lead to...

Dimensional Neuroimaging Endophenotypes: Neurobiological Representations of Disease Heterogeneity Through Machine Learning.

Machine learning has been increasingly used to obtain individualized neuroimaging signatures for disease diagnosis, prognosis, and response to treatme...

Deep Learning-Based Eye-Tracking Analysis for Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease Using 3D Comprehensive Visual Stimuli.

Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that causes a continuous decline in cognitive functions and eventually results in death. An e...

Community screening for dementia among older adults in China: a machine learning-based strategy.

BACKGROUND: Dementia is a leading cause of disability in people older than 65 years worldwide. However, diagnosing dementia in its earliest symptomati...

Exploring inertial sensor-based balance biomarkers for early detection of mild cognitive impairment.

Dementia is characterized by a progressive loss of cognitive abilities, and diagnosing its early stages Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), is difficult ...

Multimodal brain age prediction using machine learning: combining structural MRI and 5-HT2AR PET-derived features.

To better assess the pathology of neurodegenerative disorders and the efficacy of neuroprotective interventions, it is necessary to develop biomarkers...

Machine Learning-Based Perivascular Space Volumetry in Alzheimer Disease.

OBJECTIVES: Impaired perivascular clearance has been suggested as a contributing factor to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease (AD). However, it rem...

Union is strength: the combination of radiomics features and 3D-deep learning in a sole model increases diagnostic accuracy in demented patients: a whole brain 18FDG PET-CT analysis.

OBJECTIVE: FDG PET imaging plays a crucial role in the evaluation of demented patients by assessing regional cerebral glucose metabolism. In recent ye...

PheSeq, a Bayesian deep learning model to enhance and interpret the gene-disease association studies.

Despite the abundance of genotype-phenotype association studies, the resulting association outcomes often lack robustness and interpretations. To addr...