Multi-Modal Classification of Neurodegenerative Disease by Progressive Graph-Based Transductive Learning

In the elderly population, neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's diseases (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD), are the most common types of neurological disorders. Because of the progressive nature of these disorders, memory and other mental functions gradually worsen over time, which eventually affects the patients ’ quality of life (Group, 2004; Reisberg et al., 2008; Thompson et al., 2007). Unfortunately, there is no cure for these neurodegenerative diseases, although treatments include medications and management strategies may improve the quality of life.

Source: Medical Image Analysis - May 13, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Zhengxia Wang, Xiaofeng Zhu, Ehsan Adeli, Yingying Zhu, Feiping Nie, Brent Munsell, Dinggang Shen, Guorong Wu, for the ADNI and PPMI Source Type: research