Volumetric of the lateral ventricles in computed tomography images in Cubans adults with normal cognitive functions
Introduction: The use of morphometric methods based on neuroimaging to determine brain volumetric related to aging for clinical diagnosis has been largely restricted to high-resolution imaging techniques. Texture, as a method of image analysis, has shown promising results in the detection of visible...
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| author | Katherine S. Hernandez-Cortés Adrián A. Mesa-Pujals Nelsa M. Sagaró del Campo Montoya Pedrón-Arquímedes |
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| description | Introduction: The use of morphometric methods based on neuroimaging to determine brain volumetric related to aging for clinical diagnosis has been largely restricted to high-resolution imaging techniques. Texture, as a method of image analysis, has shown promising results in the detection of visible and non-visible lesions, and that in computerized axial tomography studies they are scarce. Objective: The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of normal aging on the volume of the lateral ventricles, estimated from single-slice computed tomography (CT) imaging techniques, using an automatic processing method of homogeneous texture indices. Methodology: An observational and analytical study was developed in 320 subjects with normal neurocognitive functions and neuropsychiatric examination, aged between 30 and 75 years and over, who underwent a single-slice Computed Axial Tomography of the skull. An image segmentation method based on homogeneity was used. Results: The analysis of variance showed that advancing age is associated with a proportional increase in the volume of the lateral ventricles. Conclusions: The morphometric method of the lateral ventricles developed from CT/homogeneity segmentation images, allows to quantify the cerebral volumetric changes associated with normal aging and can be used as a biomarker of cerebral atrophy.
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| spelling | doaj.art-91bc7fda861e4c819e4e0aa2f9b5d0bd2023-05-16T19:22:34ZengPermanyerRevista Mexicana de Neurociencia2604-61802023-07-0124310.24875/RMN.22000058Volumetric of the lateral ventricles in computed tomography images in Cubans adults with normal cognitive functionsKatherine S. Hernandez-Cortés0Adrián A. Mesa-Pujals1Nelsa M. Sagaró del Campo2Montoya Pedrón-Arquímedes3Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba, CubaCentro de Biofísica Médica, Universidad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba, CubaUniversidad de Ciencias Médicas de Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba, CubaNeurophysiology Service, Hospital Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso, Santiago de Cuba, CubaIntroduction: The use of morphometric methods based on neuroimaging to determine brain volumetric related to aging for clinical diagnosis has been largely restricted to high-resolution imaging techniques. Texture, as a method of image analysis, has shown promising results in the detection of visible and non-visible lesions, and that in computerized axial tomography studies they are scarce. Objective: The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of normal aging on the volume of the lateral ventricles, estimated from single-slice computed tomography (CT) imaging techniques, using an automatic processing method of homogeneous texture indices. Methodology: An observational and analytical study was developed in 320 subjects with normal neurocognitive functions and neuropsychiatric examination, aged between 30 and 75 years and over, who underwent a single-slice Computed Axial Tomography of the skull. An image segmentation method based on homogeneity was used. Results: The analysis of variance showed that advancing age is associated with a proportional increase in the volume of the lateral ventricles. Conclusions: The morphometric method of the lateral ventricles developed from CT/homogeneity segmentation images, allows to quantify the cerebral volumetric changes associated with normal aging and can be used as a biomarker of cerebral atrophy. https://www.revmexneurociencia.com/frame_esp.php?id=216Ventricular volumetric. Computed tomography. Normal cognitive functions. |
| spellingShingle | Katherine S. Hernandez-Cortés Adrián A. Mesa-Pujals Nelsa M. Sagaró del Campo Montoya Pedrón-Arquímedes Volumetric of the lateral ventricles in computed tomography images in Cubans adults with normal cognitive functions Revista Mexicana de Neurociencia Ventricular volumetric. Computed tomography. Normal cognitive functions. |
| title | Volumetric of the lateral ventricles in computed tomography images in Cubans adults with normal cognitive functions |
| title_full | Volumetric of the lateral ventricles in computed tomography images in Cubans adults with normal cognitive functions |
| title_fullStr | Volumetric of the lateral ventricles in computed tomography images in Cubans adults with normal cognitive functions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Volumetric of the lateral ventricles in computed tomography images in Cubans adults with normal cognitive functions |
| title_short | Volumetric of the lateral ventricles in computed tomography images in Cubans adults with normal cognitive functions |
| title_sort | volumetric of the lateral ventricles in computed tomography images in cubans adults with normal cognitive functions |
| topic | Ventricular volumetric. Computed tomography. Normal cognitive functions. |
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