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The Black-White Pixels Ratio in Medial Temporal Lobe Brain Structure in Transcranial B-Images as a Measurable Marker of Alzheimer’s Disease Probability: The Reproducibility Overview

BLAHUTA, Jiří, Tomáš SOUKUP a Lukáš PAVLÍK

Základní údaje

Originální název

The Black-White Pixels Ratio in Medial Temporal Lobe Brain Structure in Transcranial B-Images as a Measurable Marker of Alzheimer’s Disease Probability: The Reproducibility Overview

Autoři

BLAHUTA, Jiří (203 Česká republika, domácí), Tomáš SOUKUP (203 Česká republika) a Lukáš PAVLÍK (203 Česká republika, domácí)

Vydání

Split, Croatia, 2020 International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM), od s. 1-6, 7 s. 2020

Nakladatel

IEEE

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Stať ve sborníku

Obor

10201 Computer sciences, information science, bioinformatics

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Forma vydání

elektronická verze "online"

Kód RIV

RIV/26867184:_____/20:N0000023

Organizační jednotka

Moravská vysoká škola Olomouc

ISBN

978-1-7281-7538-6

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.23919/SoftCOM50211.2020.9238214

Klíčová slova anglicky

medial temporal lobe echogenicity; B-image echogenicity; Alzheimer’s Disease; MTL atrophy; black-white ratio

Štítky

RIV20
Změněno: 4. 5. 2021 09:25, Ing. Michaela Nováková

Anotace

V originále

The objective of the presented study is to introduce analysis the black-white pixels ratio in medial temporal lobe (MTL) brain structure in digitized transcranial B-images using our developed software B-MODE Assist. This ratio could be a significant marker related to the echogenicity grade. In B-image, the MTL is stable anechogenic structure but increased echogenicity of surrounding cortex is detectable in the case of MTL atrophy; the atrophy predicts Alzheimer’s Disease. Within this study, a set of 97 B-images is used. There are two key goals of this pilot study; verify the reproducibility of the ratio between two observers and to show that the ratio is not much different in the case of original image in comparison with a magnified segment and using constant brightness increasing; the ratio should be independent on image resolution and brightness. To select medial temporal lobe structure, a 20mm square-shaped Region of Interest is used. The correlation coefficient r=0.69 was achieved between two independent, non-experienced observers. The error does not exceed 28 % between 2 non-experienced observers and does not exceed 12 % between the measurements from the same observer. Also, the variance and the range were computed. Achieved results have been judged by an experienced sonographer. In the future, the ratio could be an effective value to determine the MTL atrophy based on the ratio value and possibility to create a rule-based expert system which should help evaluate probability of Alzheimer’s Disease based on the cortex echogenicity grade. In general, this approach could be a reliable way to detect risk of Alzheimer’s Disease using neurosonological imaging.
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