Association between hippocampal volume and visual classification of hippocampal atrophy: an MRI study
Fabricio Nery Garrafiel, Vitor Verlindo Vidaletti, Ricardo Benardi Soder, Ricardo Pessini Paganin, Maria Rosa Alves da Silva, Cristiano Schaffer Aguzzoli, Lucas Porcello Schilling · 2025
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Fabricio Nery Garrafiel and co-authors compare two ways of measuring shrinkage of the hippocampus, in a 2025 study. This brain region anchors memory, and it shrinks with age and far faster in Alzheimer disease. Doctors can measure its volume by software or grade the shrinkage by eye with a standard visual score.
The team used one hundred MRI scans from a large Alzheimer data program. Automatic software measured hippocampal volume, and trained readers assigned the visual score to the same scans. Plotting the two against each other shows how well the quick eye grade tracks the precise volume. If the match is strong, clinics without fancy software can still grade shrinkage with confidence.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Fabricio Nery Garrafiel, Vitor Verlindo Vidaletti, Ricardo Benardi Soder, Ricardo Pessini Paganin, Maria Rosa Alves da Silva, Cristiano Schaffer Aguzzoli, Lucas Porcello Schilling |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |