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Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Anzhe Cheng , Italo Ivo Lima Dias Pinto , Paul Bogdan

In computational neuroscience, there has been an increased interest in developing machine learning algorithms that leverage brain imaging data to provide estimates of "brain age" for an individual. Importantly, the discordance between brain…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2023-10-30 Saurabh Sihag , Gonzalo Mateos , Corey McMillan , Alejandro Ribeiro

The human electroencephalogram (EEG) of sleep undergoes profound changes with age. These changes can be conceptualized as "brain age", which can be compared to an age norm to reflect the deviation from normal aging process. Here, we develop…

Purpose: To develop an age prediction model which is interpretable and robust to demographic and technological variances in brain MRI scans. Materials and Methods: We propose a transformer-based architecture that leverages self-supervised…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-24 Pengyu Kan , Craig Jones , Kenichi Oishi

The determination of biological brain age is a crucial biomarker in the assessment of neurological disorders and understanding of the morphological changes that occur during aging. Various machine learning models have been proposed for…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-12 Mansoor Ahmed , Usama Sardar , Sarwan Ali , Shafiq Alam , Murray Patterson , Imdad Ullah Khan

Brain age is the estimate of biological age derived from neuroimaging datasets using machine learning algorithms. Increasing brain age with respect to chronological age can reflect increased vulnerability to neurodegeneration and cognitive…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2024-02-13 Saurabh Sihag , Gonzalo Mateos , Alejandro Ribeiro

Age prediction using brain imaging, such as MRIs, has achieved promising results, with several studies identifying the model's residual as a potential biomarker for chronic disease states. In this study, we developed a brain age predictive…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-22 Shahrzad Jamshidi , Arthur Bousquet , Sugata Banerji , Mark F. Conneely , Bita Aslrousta

Analyzing and predicting brain aging is essential for early prognosis and accurate diagnosis of cognitive diseases. The technique of neuroimaging, such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), provides a noninvasive means of observing the aging…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-06 Jingru Fu , Antonios Tzortzakakis , José Barroso , Eric Westman , Daniel Ferreira , Rodrigo Moreno

Brain aging is a widely studied longitudinal process throughout which the brain undergoes considerable morphological changes and various machine learning approaches have been proposed to analyze it. Within this context, brain age prediction…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-11-30 Matthias Wilms , Jordan J. Bannister , Pauline Mouches , M. Ethan MacDonald , Deepthi Rajashekar , Sönke Langner , Nils D. Forkert

Brain age prediction based on neuroimaging data could help characterize both the typical brain development and neuropsychiatric disorders. Pattern recognition models built upon functional connectivity (FC) measures derived from resting…

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Age is one of the major known risk factors for Alzheimer's Disease (AD). Detecting AD early is crucial for effective treatment and preventing irreversible brain damage. Brain age, a measure derived from brain imaging reflecting structural…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-07 Jay Shah , Md Mahfuzur Rahman Siddiquee , Yi Su , Teresa Wu , Baoxin Li

The concept of biological age (BA), although important in clinical practice, is hard to grasp mainly due to the lack of a clearly defined reference standard. For specific applications, especially in pediatrics, medical image data are used…

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MRI-based brain age estimation models aim to assess a subject's biological brain age based on information, such as neuroanatomical features. Various factors, including neurodegenerative diseases, can accelerate brain aging and measuring…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Simon Joseph Clément Crête , Marta Kersten-Oertel , Yiming Xiao

Determining if the brain is developing normally is a key component of pediatric neuroradiology and neurology. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of infants demonstrates a specific pattern of development beyond simply myelination. While…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-28 Mahdieh Shabanian , Markus Wenzel , John P. DeVincenzo

Lesion detection in brain Magnetic Resonance Images (MRIs) remains a challenging task. MRIs are typically read and interpreted by domain experts, which is a tedious and time-consuming process. Recently, unsupervised anomaly detection (UAD)…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-01 Marcel Bengs , Finn Behrendt , Max-Heinrich Laves , Julia Krüger , Roland Opfer , Alexander Schlaefer

Brain age prediction based on children's brain MRI is an important biomarker for brain health and brain development analysis. In this paper, we consider the 3D brain MRI volume as a sequence of 2D images and propose a new framework using…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-02-24 Sheng He , Randy L. Gollub , Shawn N. Murphy , Juan David Perez , Sanjay Prabhu , Rudolph Pienaar , Richard L. Robertson , P. Ellen Grant , Yangming Ou

The brain's biological age has been considered as a promising candidate for a neurologically significant biomarker. However, recent results based on longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging data have raised questions on its interpretation. A…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2023-10-12 Lukas AW Gemein , Robin T Schirrmeister , Joschka Boedecker , Tonio Ball

Accurate estimation of biological brain age from three dimensional (3D) T$_1$-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a critical imaging biomarker for identifying accelerated aging associated with neurodegenerative diseases. Effective…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-05 Mehreen Kanwal , Yunsik Son

Deep learning algorithms for predicting neuroimaging data have shown considerable promise in various applications. Prior work has demonstrated that deep learning models that take advantage of the data's 3D structure can outperform standard…

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