Deep Learning for Cerebellar Ataxia Classification and Functional Score Regression

• Published in: Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Vol. 8679; pp. 68 - 76
• Main Authors: Yang, Zhen, Zhong, Shenghua, Carass, Aaron, Ying, Sarah H., Prince, Jerry L.
• Format: Book Chapter Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Springer International Publishing AG 2014; Springer International Publishing
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Subjects: Health & safety aspects of computing; Image processing; Pattern recognition

Cerebellar ataxia is a progressive neuro-degenerative disease that has multiple genetic versions, each with a characteristic pattern of anatomical degeneration that yields distinctive motor and cognitive problems. Studying this pattern of degeneration can help with the diagnosis of disease subtypes,...