VTT uses computer vision for fast diagnosis of Alzheimer's

VTT, a contract research organization in Finland, has developed a fast method of image analysis to detect Alzheimer's disease in MR brain scans. Previous MR image assessment methods took from 15 minutes to several hours; the new method takes three minutes. The segmentation method, which uses expectation maximization (E-M) and graph cuts, automatically calculates the volume of the Hippocampus. More information is available in a press release and a Neuroimage article.