A Novel Sonification Approach to Support the Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Dementia.

ABSTRACT: Alzheimer's disease is the most common neurodegenerative form of dementia that steadily worsens and eventually leads to death. Its set of symptoms include loss of cognitive function and memory decline. Structural and functional imaging methods such as CT, MRI, and PET scans play an essential role in the diagnosis process, being able to identify specific areas of cerebral damages. While the accuracy of these imaging techniques increases over time, the severity assessment of dementia remains challenging and susceptible to cognitive and perceptual errors due to intra-reader variability among physicians. Doctors have not agreed upon standardized measurement of cell loss used to specifically diagnose dementia among individuals. These limitations have led researchers to look for supportive diagn

SUBMITTER: Gionfrida L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5725407 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature