The value of PET as an objective diagnostic tool for dementia may depend on the degree to
which abnormal metabolic patterns can be detected by quantitative classification methods …

Neural-networkclassfficationmethodswere apd to studiesof FDG-PETimagesofthebrainacquiredfromatotalof7…
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Texture analysis of positron emission tomography (PET) images of the brain is a very difficult
task, due to the poor signal to noise ratio. As a consequence, very few techniques can be …

An evaluation of the performance of artificial neural networks (ANNs) for the classification of
probable Alzheimer's disease (pAD) patients was undertaken using data extracted from four …

Methods To evaluate the diagnostic power of cerebral metabolic distribution patterns for"
cortical" degenerative dementias, PET scans obtained from 129 patients referred for …

Quantitative topographical EEG was compared with regional glucose metabolism measured
by PET with respect to the sensitivity in the classification of mild to moderate dementia. In 24 …

In this study the positron emission tomographic (PET)-18F-2-deoxy-2-fluoro-D-glucose
(FDG) technique was used to study both normal aging and senile dementia. The results …

Single-photon emission tomographic (SPET) images using technetium-99m labelled
hexamethylpropylene amine oxime were obtained from 97 patients diagnosed as having …

Positron emission tomography (PET) with 18 F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG)
demonstrates a typical pattern of impairment of regional metabolic rates of glucose …

Flurodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG‐PET) is being explored to
determine its ability to differentiate between a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and …