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Tract-Based Bayesian Multivariate Analysis of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Joint Authors
Chen, Rong
Wang, Zhongqiu
Liu, Yongkang
Wang, Tianyao
Zhou, Guoxing
Chen, Xiao
Zhang, Jianhua
Source
Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-03-10
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Purpose.
Detecting brain regions characterizing mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) by combining Tract-Based Spatial Statistics (TBSS) and Graphical-model-based Multivariate Analysis (GAMMA).
Materials and Methods.
This study included 39 mTBI patients and 28 normal controls.
Local research ethics committee approved this prospective study.
Diffusion-tensor imaging was performed in mTBI patients within 7 days of injury.
Skeletonized fractional anisotropy (FA) maps were generated by using TBSS.
Brain regions characterizing mTBI were detected by GAMMA.
Results.
Two clusters of lower frontal white matter FA were present in mTBI patients.
We constructed classifiers based on FA values in these two clusters to differentiate mTBI and controls.
The mean accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity, across five different classifiers, were 0.80, 0.94, and 0.61, respectively.
Conclusions.
Combining TBSS and GAMMA can detect neuroimaging biomarkers characterizing mTBI.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Liu, Yongkang& Wang, Tianyao& Chen, Xiao& Zhang, Jianhua& Zhou, Guoxing& Wang, Zhongqiu…[et al.]. 2014. Tract-Based Bayesian Multivariate Analysis of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-447214
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Liu, Yongkang…[et al.]. Tract-Based Bayesian Multivariate Analysis of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-447214
American Medical Association (AMA)
Liu, Yongkang& Wang, Tianyao& Chen, Xiao& Zhang, Jianhua& Zhou, Guoxing& Wang, Zhongqiu…[et al.]. Tract-Based Bayesian Multivariate Analysis of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-447214
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-447214