由马尔可夫随机域模式的算法计算转换和非转换轻度认知缺陷的患者海马子域萎缩

Title:Hippocampal Subfield Atrophies in Converted and Not-Converted Mild Cognitive Impairments Patients by a Markov Random Fields Algorithm

Volume: 13 Issue: 5

Author(s): Roberta Vasta, Antonio Augimeri, Antonio Cerasa, Salvatore Nigro, Vera Gramigna and , Matteo Nonnis, Federico Rocca, Giancarlo Zito, Aldo Quattrone, for the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

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摘要: Although measurement of total hippocampal volume is considered as an important hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), recent evidence demonstrated that atrophies of hippocampal subregions might be more sensitive in predicting this neurodegenerative disease. The vast majority of neuroimaging papers investigating this topic are focused on the difference between AD and patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), not considering the impact of MCI patients who will or not convert in AD. For this reason, the aim of this study was to determine if measurements of hippocampal subfields provide advantages over total hippocampal volume for discriminating these groups. Hippocampal subfields volumetry was extracted in 55 AD, 32 converted and 89 not-converted MCI (c/nc-MCI) and 47 healthy controls, using an atlas-based automatic algorithm based on Markov random fields embedded in the Freesurfer framework. To evaluate the impact of hippocampal atrophy in discriminating the insurgence of AD-like phenotypes we used three classification methods: Support Vector Machine, Naïve Bayesian Classifier and Neural Networks Classifier. Taking into account only the total hippocampal volume, all classification models, reached a sensitivity of about 66% in discriminating between c-MCI and nc-MCI. Otherwise, classification analysis considering all segmenting subfields increased accuracy to diagnose c-MCI from 68% to 72%. This effect resulted to be strongly dependent upon atrophies of the subiculum and presubiculum. Our multivariate analysis revealed that the magnitude of the difference considering hippocampal subfield volumetry, as segmented by the considered atlas-based automatic algorithm, offers an advantage over hippocampal volume in distinguishing early AD from nc-MCI.

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Roberta Vasta, Antonio Augimeri, Antonio Cerasa, Salvatore Nigro, Vera Gramigna and , Matteo Nonnis, Federico Rocca, Giancarlo Zito, Aldo Quattrone, for the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative , Hippocampal Subfield Atrophies in Converted and Not-Converted Mild Cognitive Impairments Patients by a Markov Random Fields Algorithm, Current Alzheimer Research 2016; 13 (5) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1567205013666160120151457