Dementia

IT: An interpretable transformer model for Alzheimer's disease prediction based on PET/MR images.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) represents a significant challenge due to its progressive neurodegenerative impact, particularly within an aging global demographic. This underscores the critical need for developing sophisticated diagnostic tools for its early detection and precise monitoring. Within this realm, PET/MR imaging stands out as a potent dual-modality approach that transforms sensor data into ...

Exploring the perceptions and experiences of caregivers with the application of socially assistive robots in dementia care: A systematic review of qualitative studies.

BACKGROUND: The use of socially assistive robots in dementia care is growing, aimed at improving patient well-being and alleviating caregiver burden. Refining the utilisation of robotic assistance in individuals with dementia is critical, drawing on feedback and insights from caregivers. While numerous qualitative studies have examined how caregivers view and interact with socially assistive robot...

CLIC1 and IFITM2 expression in brain tissue correlates with cognitive impairment via immune dysregulation in sepsis and Alzheimer's disease.

BACKGROUND: Sepsis, a life-threatening condition driven by dysregulated host responses to infection, is associated with long-term cognitive impairment...

Natural language processing models reveal neural dynamics of human conversation.

Through conversation, humans engage in a complex process of alternating speech production and comprehension to communicate. The neural mechanisms that...

The Cognivue Amyloid Risk Measure (CARM): A Novel Method to Predict the Presence of Amyloid with Cognivue Clarity.

INTRODUCTION: At the present time, clinical detection of individuals who have amyloid in their brain is not possible without expensive biomarkers. The...

Ensemble deep learning for Alzheimer's disease diagnosis using MRI: Integrating features from VGG16, MobileNet, and InceptionResNetV2 models.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the accumulation of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain...

The impact of Alzheimer's disease on cortical complexity and its underlying biological mechanisms.

BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease (AD) might impact the complexity of cerebral cortex, and the underlying biological mechanisms responsible for cortical...

A fine-tuned convolutional neural network model for accurate Alzheimer's disease classification.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the primary causes of dementia in the older population, affecting memories, cognitive levels, and the ability to ac...

Deep Geometric Learning With Monotonicity Constraints for Alzheimer's Disease Progression.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative condition that precedes progressive and irreversible dementia; thus, predicting its progre...

LGG-NeXt: A Next Generation CNN and Transformer Hybrid Model for the Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease Using 2D Structural MRI.

Incurable Alzheimer's disease (AD) plagues many elderly people and families. It is important to accurately diagnose and predict it at an early stage. ...

DEMENTIA: A Hybrid Attention-Based Multimodal and Multi-Task Learning Framework With Expert Knowledge for Alzheimer's Disease Assessment From Speech.

The prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is rising annually, imposing a severe burden on patients and society. Therefore, assisted AD assessment is ...

Patterns and Trends in Global Nursing Robotics Research: A Bibliometric Study.

The present study aimed to investigate the trends and research status of global nursing robot research. The global aging population has intensified ...

Identifying progression subphenotypes of Alzheimer's disease from large-scale electronic health records with machine learning.

OBJECTIVE: Identification of clinically meaningful subphenotypes of disease progression can enhance the understanding of disease heterogeneity and und...

Structural and metabolic topological alterations associated with butylphthalide treatment in mild cognitive impairment: Data from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

AIMS: Effective intervention for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is key for preventing dementia. As a neuroprotective agent, butylphthalide has the po...

Unsupervised Deep Learning of Electronic Health Records to Characterize Heterogeneity Across Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias: Cross-Sectional Study.

BACKGROUND: Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) exhibit prominent heterogeneity. Identifying clinically meaningful ADRD subtypes is essenti...

Advanced convolutional neural network with attention mechanism for Alzheimer's disease classification using MRI.

This paper introduces a novel convolutional neural network model with an attention mechanism to advance Alzheimer disease (AD) classification using Ma...

Handwriting strokes as biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease prediction: A novel machine learning approach.

In recent years, machine learning-based handwriting analysis has emerged as a valuable tool for supporting the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease ...

A Machine Learning Approach to Predict Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer Disease Clinical Trials.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Among the participants of Alzheimer disease (AD) treatment trials, 40% do not show cognitive decline over 80 weeks of follo...

Ensemble network using oblique coronal MRI for Alzheimer's disease diagnosis.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a primary degenerative brain disorder commonly found in the elderly, Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) can be considered a t...

Class balancing diversity multimodal ensemble for Alzheimer's disease diagnosis and early detection.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) poses significant global health challenges due to its increasing prevalence and associated societal costs. Early detection an...