A Model of Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment based on EEG coherence

• Published in: 2009 ICME International Conference on Complex Medical Engineering pp. 1 - 6
• Main Authors: Akrofi, K., Baker, M.C., O'Boyle, M.W., Schiffer, R.B.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.04.2009
• Subjects: Alzheimer's disease; Band pass filters; Brain modeling; Coherence; Electrodes; Electroencephalography; Finite impulse response filter; Mathematical model; Optical fiber testing; Optical fiber theory

EEG coherence was used to model the integrity of neural connectivity in patients with Alzheimer's Disease (AD), Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), and age-matched controls. Our model was derived from the EEG data of 16 AD patients, 24 MCI patients and 16 age-matched controls. We computed the cohe...