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ArticleHuman brain mapping2014

Hippocampal shape is predictive for the development of dementia in a normal, elderly population.

Hakim C Achterberg, Fedde van der Lijn, Tom den Heijer, Meike W Vernooij, M Arfan Ikram, Wiro J Niessen, Marleen de Bruijne

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7 authors.

Hakim C AchterbergBiomedical Imaging Group Rotterdam, Departments of Radiology and Medical Informatics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Fedde van der Lijn
Tom den Heijer
Meike W Vernooij
M Arfan Ikram
Wiro J Niessen
Marleen de Bruijne

Funding

NCRR NIH HHS 2P41 RR0112553-12
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous studies have shown that hippocampal volume is an early marker for dementia. We investigated whether hippocampal shape characteristics extracted from MRI scans are predictive for the development of dementia during follow up in subjects who were nondemented at baseline. Furthermore, we assessed whether hippocampal shape provides additional predictive value independent of hippocampal volume. Five hundred eleven brain MRI scans from elderly nondemented participants of a prospective population-based imaging study were used. During the 10-year follow-up period, 52 of these subjects developed dementia. For training and evaluation independent of age and gender, a subset of 50 cases and 150 matched controls was selected. The hippocampus was segmented using an automated method. From the segmentation, the volume was determined and a statistical shape model was constructed. We trained a classifier to distinguish between subjects who developed dementia and subjects who stayed cognitively healthy. For all subjects the a posteriori probability to develop dementia was estimated using the classifier in a cross-validation experiment. The area under the ROC curve for volume, shape, and the combination of both were, respectively, 0.724, 0.743, and 0.766. A logistic regression model showed that adding shape to a model using volume corrected for age and gender increased the global model-fit significantly (P = 0.0063). We conclude that hippocampal shape derived from MRI scans is predictive for dementia before clinical symptoms arise, independent of age and gender. Furthermore, the results suggest that hippocampal shape provides additional predictive value over hippocampal volume and that combining shape and volume leads to better prediction.

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AgedAged, 80 and overAgingBrain MappingCohort StudiesDementiaFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHippocampusHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedLogistic ModelsMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedNeuropsychological TestsAlzheimer diseaseclassificationcohort studiesearly diagnosishippocampusmagnetic resonance imagingmild cognitive impairmentprospective studies

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PMID24039001
PMCPMC6869385

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