Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 61-70 , January 2009

Automated Computer Differential Classification in Parkinsonian Syndromes via Pattern Analysis on MRI

  • Simon Duchesne, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Robert Giffard Research Center, Laval University, F-4435/2601 de la Canardière, Quebec, PQ, Canada, and INSERM, U746, F-35043, Rennes, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: S.D.
    • ,
  • Yan Rolland, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Pontchaillou University Hospital, Rennes, France
    • ,
  • Marc Vérin, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Pontchaillou University Hospital, Rennes, France

Received 7 April 2008 ,Accepted 29 May 2008.

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1 This work was supported by the Fonds de Recherche en Santé du Québec, Canada, and the Institut National pour la Santé et la Recherche en Médecine, France. The funding sources had no involvement in study design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of data, writing of the report, or in the decision to submit the paper for publication. Disclaimer: U.S. Patent pending no 10/990396.

 Part of this work has been submitted as a conference abstract at the SPIE Medical Imaging conference (36).

PII: S1076-6332(08)00404-2

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.05.024

Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 61-70 , January 2009

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