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Accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) entails clinical evaluation of multiple cognition metrics and biomarkers. Metrics such as the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale - Cognitive test (ADAS-cog) comprise multiple subscores that…

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Quantifying the distribution and morphology of tau protein structures in brain tissues is key to diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and its subtypes. Recently, deep learning (DL) models such as UNet have been successfully used for…

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Alzheimer Disease poses a significant challenge, necessitating early detection for effective intervention. MRI is a key neuroimaging tool due to its ease of use and cost effectiveness. This study analyzes machine learning methods for MRI…

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Alzheimers disease (AD) is a progressive disorder that affects cognitive brain functions and starts many years before its clinical manifestations. A biomarker that provides a quantitative measure of changes in the brain due to AD in the…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2022-05-19 Ali H. Al-Nuaimi , Emmanuel Jammeh , Lingfen Sun , Emmanuel Ifeachor

Brain network topology, derived from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), holds promise for improving Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnosis. Current methods primarily focus on lower-order topological features, often overlooking the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-09-19 Dengyi Zhao , Shanyong Li , Yunping Wang , Chenfei Wang , Zhiheng Zhou , Guiying Yan , Xingqin Qi

The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of 19 subjects who received a clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) as well as of 5 pathological controls have been collected and analysed by Raman spectroscopy (RS). We investigated whether the raw…

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most common public health issues the world is facing today. This disease has a high prevalence primarily in the elderly accompanying memory loss and cognitive decline. AD detection is a challenging…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-04 Zahraa Sh. Aaraji , Hawraa H. Abbas

Current neuroimaging techniques provide paths to investigate the structure and function of the brain in vivo and have made great advances in understanding Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the group-level analyses prevalently used for…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2021-05-31 Nanyan Zhu , Chen Liu , Xinyang Feng , Dipika Sikka , Sabrina Gjerswold-Selleck , Scott A. Small , Jia Guo

Objective: This paper presents an Alzheimer's disease (AD) detection method based on learning structural similarity between Magnetic Resonance Images (MRIs) and representing this similarity as a graph. Methods: We construct the similarity…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-03-01 Kuo Yang , Emad A. Mohammed , Behrouz H. Far

Alzheimer's disease is a progressive form of dementia that results in problems with memory, thinking, and behavior. It often starts with abnormal aggregation and deposition of beta amyloid and tau, followed by neuronal damage such as…

Applications · Statistics 2022-06-03 Dengdeng Yu , Linbo Wang , Dehan Kong , Hongtu Zhu

We describe a new method to automatically discriminate between patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and elderly controls, based on multidimensional classification of hippocampal shape features. This…

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder marked by memory loss and cognitive decline, making early detection vital for timely intervention. However, early diagnosis is challenging due to the heterogeneous presentation of…

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex neurodegenerative condition that manifests at multiple levels and involves a spectrum of abnormalities ranging from the cellular to cognitive. Here, we investigate the impact of AD-related tau-pathology…

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Deep learning, a cutting-edge machine learning approach, outperforms traditional machine learning in identifying intricate structures in complex high-dimensional data, particularly in the domain of healthcare. This study focuses on…

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Early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is critical for intervention before irreversible neurodegeneration occurs. Structural MRI (sMRI) is widely used for AD diagnosis, but conventional deep learning approaches primarily rely on…

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Aggregates of misfolded tau proteins (or just 'tau' for brevity) play a crucial role in the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) as they correlate with cell death and accelerated tissue atrophy. Longitudinal positron emission tomography…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2020-12-08 Klaudius Scheufele , Shashank Subramanian , George Biros

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by progressive microstructural deterioration in brain tissue, yet conventional imaging and histopathology often lack the sensitivity needed to detect subtle early-stage changes. Here, we present a…

Medical Physics · Physics 2025-12-09 Santanu Maity , Mousa Alrubayan , Mohammad Moshahid Khan , Prabhakar Pradhan

Background:Cognitive assessments represent the most common clinical routine for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease (AD). Given a large number of cognitive assessment tools and time-limited office visits, it is important to determine a…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2020-11-16 Bo Peng , Xiaohui Yao , Shannon L. Risacher , Andrew J. Saykin , Li Shen , Xia Ning

Early diagnosis, playing an important role in preventing progress and treating the Alzheimer's disease (AD), is based on classification of features extracted from brain images. The features have to accurately capture main AD-related…

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder in which pathological changes begin many years before the onset of clinical symptoms, making early detection essential for timely intervention. T1-weighted (T1w) Magnetic…

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