Development of a micro infarction detection system aimed at an early diagnosis of dementia on MRI examination

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K19206
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Medical Physics and Radiological Technology
• Research Institution: Gunma Prefectural College of Health Sciences
• Principal Investigator: Hayashi Norio 群馬県立県民健康科学大学, 診療放射線学部, 准教授 (50648459)
• Research Collaborator: UJITA Kouichi ; OGURA Akio ; DOI Kunio ; TSUSHIMA Yoshito
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: MRI / DIR / 微小梗塞 / 脳モデル / Zスコアマップ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to develop a micro infarction detection system for early diagnosis of dementia. We investigated the following three points: I. To clarify an optimal high-resolution double inversion recovery (DIR) - magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method for detecting micro infarction; II. To develop normalized brain model of DIR-MR images for a Japanese population; and III. To develop a micro infarction detection system on optimized DIR-MR images using a statistical computer analysis.

Free Research Field

診療放射線技術学