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ArticleJournal of biomedical optics2020

Potential of infrared microscopy to differentiate between dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's diseases using peripheral blood samples and machine learning algorithms.

Ahmad Salman, Itshak Lapidot, Elad Shufan, Adam H Agbaria, Bat-Sheva Porat Katz, Shaul Mordechai

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Article in Journal of biomedical optics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Ahmad SalmanShamoon College of Engineering, Department of Physics, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Itshak LapidotAfeka Tel-Aviv Academic College of Engineering, Afeka Center for Language Processing, Department of, Israel.
Elad ShufanShamoon College of Engineering, Department of Physics, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Adam H AgbariaBen-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Bat-Sheva Porat KatzThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem, School of Nutritional Sciences, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of A, Israel.
Shaul MordechaiBen-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev · ILSami Shamoon College of Engineering · ILAfeka College of Engineering · ILHebrew University of Jerusalem · IL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

significanceAccurate and objective identification of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is of major clinical importance due to the current lack of low-cost and noninvasive diagnostic tools to differentiate between the two. Developing an approach for such identification can have a great impact in the field of dementia diseases as it would offer physicians a routine objective test to support their diagnoses. The problem is especially acute because these two dementias have some common symptoms and characteristics, which can lead to misdiagnosis of DLB as AD and vice versa, mainly at their early stages.

aimThe aim is to evaluate the potential of mid-infrared (IR) spectroscopy in tandem with machine learning algorithms as a sensitive method to detect minor changes in the biochemical structures that accompany the development of AD and DLB based on a simple peripheral blood test, thus improving the diagnostic accuracy of differentiation between DLB and AD. APPROACH: IR microspectroscopy was used to examine white blood cells and plasma isolated from 56 individuals: 26 controls, 20 AD patients, and 10 DLB patients. The measured spectra were analyzed via machine learning.

resultsOur encouraging results show that it is possible to differentiate between dementia (AD and DLB) and controls with an ∼86  %   success rate and between DLB and AD patients with a success rate of better than 93%.

conclusionsThe success of this method makes it possible to suggest a new, simple, and powerful tool for the mental health professional, with the potential to improve the reliability and objectivity of diagnoses of both AD and DLB.

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Alzheimer DiseaseLewy Body DiseaseDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansMachine LearningMicroscopyReproducibility of ResultsAlzheimer’s diseasedementia with Lewy bodiesinfrared spectroscopymachine learningplasmaWBC

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