Visual assessment of posterior atrophy development of a MRI rating scale
Open Access
- 31 July 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in European Radiology
- Vol. 21 (12), 2618-2625
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-011-2205-4
Abstract
Objective To develop a visual rating scale for posterior atrophy (PA) assessment and to analyse whether this scale aids in the discrimination between Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other dementias. Methods Magnetic resonance imaging of 118 memory clinic patients were analysed for PA (range 0–3), medial temporal lobe atrophy (MTA) (range 0–4) and global cortical atrophy (range 0–3) by different raters. Weighted-kappas were calculated for inter- and intra-rater agreement. Relationships between PA and MTA with the MMSE and age were estimated with linear-regression analysis. Results Intra-rater agreement ranged between 0.93 and 0.95 and inter-rater agreement between 0.65 and 0.84. Mean PA scores were higher in AD compared to controls (1.6 ± 0.9 and 0.6 ± 0.7, p < 0.01), and other dementias (0.8 ± 0.8, p < 0.01). PA was not associated with age compared to MTA (B = 1.1 (0.8) versus B = 3.1 (0.7), p < 0.01)). PA and MTA were independently negatively associated with the MMSE (B = −1.6 (0.5), p < 0.01 versus B = −1.4 (0.5), p < 0.01). Conclusion This robust and reproducible scale for PA assessment conveys independent information in a clinical setting and may be useful in the discrimination of AD from other dementias.Keywords
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