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Detecting dynamic and genetic effects on brain structure using high-dimensional cortical pattern matching

  • Paul M. Thompson
  • , Kiralee M. Hayashi
  • , Greig De Zubicaray
  • , Andrew L. Janke
  • , Stephen E. Rose
  • , James Semple
  • , David M. Doddrell
  • , Tyrone D. Cannon
  • , Arthur W. Toga

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Abstract

We briefly describe a set of algorithms to detect and visualize effects of disease and genetic factors on the brain. Extreme variations in cortical anatomy, even among normal subjects, complicate the detection and mapping of systematic effects on brain structure in human populations. We tackle this problem in two stages. First, we develop a cortical pattern matching approach, based on metrically covariant partial differential equations (PDEs), to associate corresponding regions of cortex in an MRI brain image database (N=102 scans). Second, these high-dimensional deformation maps are used to transfer within-subject cortical signals, including measures of gray matter distribution, shape asymmetries, and degenerative rates, to a common anatomic template for statistical analysis. We illustrate these techniques in two applications: (1) mapping dynamic patterns of gray matter loss in longitudinally scanned Alzheimer's disease patients; and (2) mapping genetic influences on brain structure. We extend statistics used widely in behavioral genetics to cortical manifolds. Specifically, we introduce methods based on h-squared distributed random fields to map hereditary influences on brain structure in human populations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2002 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, ISBI 2002 - Proceedings
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages473-476
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)078037584X
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002
Externally publishedYes
Event2022 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, ISBI 2002 - Washington, United States
Duration: 7 Jul 200210 Jul 2002

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging
Volume2002-January
ISSN (Print)1945-7928
ISSN (Electronic)1945-8452

Conference

Conference2022 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, ISBI 2002
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWashington
Period7/07/0210/07/02

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