Neuroimaging Biomarkers of Cognitive Decline in Healthy Older Adults via Unified Learning
Abstract
Cognitive aging in healthy adults exhibits significant and heterogeneous variability. In this study, we apply a robust unified learning framework to cluster subgroups using neuroimaging data (brain volume and white matter), to identify neurological phenotypes that can sort out the heterogeneity in cognitive aging and help identify potential risk factors for suboptimal brain aging. Using machine learning analytics, results revealed two unique subgroups in healthy older adults with different patterns of white matter integrity and brain volumetric measures. The classification of phenotypical subgroups in healthy older adults may inform the understanding of the complexity of brain changes before the onset of clinical symptoms. The identified neuroimaging features that defined group classification are recognized as important structures that subserve cognitive performance. Further analysis of these potential biomarkers that help predict trajectory of cognitive decline in symptom free individuals could lead to the detection of early stages of neurodegenerative diseases.
Recommended Citation
T. Obafemi-Ajayi et al., "Neuroimaging Biomarkers of Cognitive Decline in Healthy Older Adults via Unified Learning," Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (2017, Honolulu, HI), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Nov 2017.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1109/SSCI.2017.8280937
Meeting Name
2017 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, SSCI 2017 (2017: Nov. 27-Dec. 1, Honolulu, HI)
Department(s)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Center/Lab(s)
Intelligent Systems Center
Second Research Center/Lab
Center for High Performance Computing Research
Keywords and Phrases
Artificial intelligence; Biomarkers; Chemical detection; Learning systems; Neurodegenerative diseases; Clinical symptoms; Cluster-subgroups; Cognitive aging; Cognitive decline; Cognitive performance; Group classification; Learning frameworks; Potential risks; Neuroimaging
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-1-5386-2726-6
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2017 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Nov 2017