Alzheimer's Study (2)

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Channel: Mayo Clinic · 2008 · Science & Technology

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Mayo Clinic researchers have developed an algorithm that extracts information on brain deterioration from three-dimensional MRI scans and assigns a severity score by comparing the scan to a large library of scans from patients with Alzheimer's disease and patients who are cognitively normal.

Mayo Clinic Researcher Prashanthi Vemuri, Ph.D., describes how the algorithm works.

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