Academic Radiology
Volume 15, Issue 3 , Pages 274-284 , March 2008

Automated Method for Identification of Patients With Alzheimer’s Disease Based on Three-dimensional MR Images

  • Hidetaka Arimura, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: H.A.
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  • Takashi Yoshiura, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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  • Seiji Kumazawa, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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  • Kazuhiro Tanaka, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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  • Hiroshi Koga, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Okumura Hospital, Fukuoka 839-1321, Japan
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  • Futoshi Mihara, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, National Fukuoka-Higashi Medical Center, Fukuoka 811-3195, Japan.
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  • Hiroshi Honda, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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  • Shuji Sakai, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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  • Fukai Toyofuku, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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  • Yoshiharu Higashida, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan

Received 10 July 2007 ,Accepted 12 October 2007.

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PII: S1076-6332(07)00630-7

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2007.10.020

Academic Radiology
Volume 15, Issue 3 , Pages 274-284 , March 2008

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