Essays about: "longitudinal alzheimer s disease"

Found 4 essays containing the words longitudinal alzheimer s disease.

1. 1. Predictive MR Image Generation for Alzheimer’s Disease and Normal Aging Using Diffeomorphic Registration

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Yuqi Zheng; [2023]
   Keywords : Medical Image Generation; Brain Aging; Diffeomorphic Registration; AlzheimerŠs Disease; Medicinsk bildgenerering; Åldrande av hjärnan; DiffeomorĄsk registrering; Alzheimers sjukdom;

   Abstract : Alzheimer´s Disease (AD) is the most prevalent cause of dementia, signifying a progressive and degenerative brain disorder that causes cognitive function deterioration including memory loss, communication difficulties, impaired judgment, and changes in behavior and personality. Compared to normal aging, AD introduces more profound cognitive impairments and brain morphology changes. READ MORE

3. 2. Selection of the Most Suitable Linguistic Features for Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease from Changes in Spoken Language Production

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Luboš Říha; [2022]
   Keywords : Alzheimer s disease; Linguistics; Speech analysis; diagnosis;

   Abstract : Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is one of the most widespread, neurodegenerative diseases in the world. It affects millions of people; and although it is widely researched, an efficient cure has not been discovered yet. Identification of the disease is often costly and time consuming. READ MORE

4. 3. Brain MRI segmentation for the longitudinal follow-up of regional atrophy in Alzheimer’s Disease

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för teknik och hälsa (STH)

   Author : Clemence Petit; [2014]
   Keywords : Segmentation; MRI; Brain; Alzheimer s Disease; Tissue classification; Graph-cuts optimization;

   Abstract : Brain atrophy measurement is increasingly important in studies of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease. From this perspective, a regional segmentation framework for magnetic resonance images has recently been developed by the team that I joined for my master thesis. It combines an atlas fusion and a tissue classification. READ MORE

5. 4. A study of the link between cognitive decline and cost progression in the treatment of patients with Alzheimer’s Disease

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Anders Gustavsson; [2006]
   Keywords : Alzheimer s disease; Cognitive function; Treatment; Costs of care; Cholinesterase inhibitor;

   Abstract : In this three year longitudinal study we are able to learn more about the relationship between cognitive function and costs of care, following patients treated for Alzheimer’s disease with the cholinesterase inhibitor donepezil. In our study sample of 435 patients we found that a cognitive decline, assessed with the ADAS-cog outcome score, induces a cost increase controlling for time. READ MORE