Measuring Brain Atrophy In Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - 14:28
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have shown that a fully automated procedure called Volumetric MRI -- which measures the "memory centers" of the brain and compares them to expected size -- is effective in predicting the progression from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to Alzheimer's disease. The procedure can be readily used in clinics to measure brain atrophy, and may help physicians to predict decline in MCI patients.