Quantization and analysis of hippocampal morphometric changes due to dementia of Alzheimer type using metric distances based on large deformation diffeomorphic metric mapping

Elvan Ceyhan*, Mirza Faisal Beg, Can Ceritõglu, Lei Wang, John C. Morris, John G. Csernansky, Michael I. Miller, J. Tilak Ratnanather

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Abstract

The metric distance obtained from the large deformation diffeomorphic metric mapping (LDDMM) algorithm is used to quantize changes in morphometry of brain structures due to neuropsychiatric diseases. For illustrative purposes we consider changes in hippocampal morphometry (shape and size) due to very mild dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT). LDDMM, which was previously used to calculate dense one-to-one correspondence vector fields between hippocampal shapes, measures the morphometric differences with respect to a template hippocampus by assigning metric distances on the space of anatomical images thereby allowing for direct comparison of morphometric differences. We characterize what information the metric distances provide in terms of size and shape given the hippocampal, brain and intracranial volumes. We demonstrate that metric distance is a measure of morphometry (i.e., shape and size) but mostly a measure of shape, while volume is mostly a measure of size. Moreover, we show how metric distances can be used in cross-sectional, longitudinal analysis, as well as left-right asymmetry comparisons, and provide how the metric distances can serve as a discriminative tool using logistic regression. Thus, we show that metric distances with respect to a template computed via LDDMM can be a powerful tool in detecting differences in shape.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)275-293
Number of pages19
JournalComputerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
Volume35
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2011

Funding

We would like to thank anonymous referees, whose constructive comments and suggestions greatly improved the presentation and flow of the paper. This research was supported by: Pacific Alzheimer Research Foundation, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Canadian National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and NIH grants (P50 AG05681, P01 AG03991, P41 RR15241).

Keywords

  • Computational anatomy
  • Hippocampus
  • Left-right asymmetry
  • Logistic discrimination
  • Morphometry
  • Repeated-measures ANOVA

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
  • Health Informatics
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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