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Biomarker Localization, Analysis, Visualization, Extraction, and Registration (BLAzER) Methodology for Research and Clinical Brain PET Applications.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Tools for efficient evaluation of amyloid- and tau-PET images are needed in both clinical and research settings. OBJECTIVE:This study was designed to validate a semi-automated image analysis methodology, called Biomarker Localization, Analysis, Visualization, Extraction, and Registration (BLAzER). We tested BLAzER using two different segmentation platforms, FreeSurfer (FS) and Neuroreader (NR), for regional brain PET quantification in participants in the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) dataset. METHODS:127 amyloid-PET and 55 tau-PET studies with volumetric MRIs were obtained from ADNI. The BLAzER methodology utilizes segmentation of MR images by FS or NR, then visualizes and quantifies regional brain PET data using FDA-cleared software (MIM), enabling quality control to ensure optimal registration and to detect segmentation errors. RESULTS:BLAzER analysis required ?5?min plus segmentation time. BLAzER using FS segmentation showed strong agreement with ADNI for global amyloid-PET standardized uptake value ratios (SUVRs) (r?=?0.9922, p??0.97, p??0.97) and nearly identical dichotomization as amyloid-positive or -negative (2 discrepant cases out of 127). Comparing FS versus NR segmentation with BLAzER, global SUVRs were strongly correlated for amyloid-PET (r?=?0.9841, p?

SUBMITTER: Raman F

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6745194 | biostudies-literature | 2019

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Biomarker Localization, Analysis, Visualization, Extraction, and Registration (BLAzER) Methodology for Research and Clinical Brain PET Applications.

Raman Fabio F Grandhi Sameera S Murchison Charles F CF Kennedy Richard E RE Landau Susan S Roberson Erik D ED McConathy Jonathan J

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 20190101 4

<h4>Background</h4>Tools for efficient evaluation of amyloid- and tau-PET images are needed in both clinical and research settings.<h4>Objective</h4>This study was designed to validate a semi-automated image analysis methodology, called Biomarker Localization, Analysis, Visualization, Extraction, and Registration (BLAzER). We tested BLAzER using two different segmentation platforms, FreeSurfer (FS) and Neuroreader (NR), for regional brain PET quantification in participants in the Alzheimer's Dis ...[more]

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