Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 23-30 , January 2008

Automated cortical thickness measurements from MRI can accurately separate Alzheimer's patients from normal elderly controls

  • Jason P. Lerch

      Affiliations

    • McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Jens Pruessner

      Affiliations

    • McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Alzheimer Memorial Center, Dementia Research Section and Memory Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Alex P. Zijdenbos

      Affiliations

    • McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • D. Louis Collins

      Affiliations

    • McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Stefan J. Teipel

      Affiliations

    • Alzheimer Memorial Center, Dementia Research Section and Memory Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Harald Hampel

      Affiliations

    • Alzheimer Memorial Center, Dementia Research Section and Memory Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Alan C. Evans

      Affiliations

    • McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 514 398 8926; fax: +1 514 398 8952.

Received 17 May 2005 ,Revised 3 August 2006 ,Accepted 13 September 2006.

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PII: S0197-4580(06)00343-5

doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.09.013

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 23-30 , January 2008

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