OUR PROJECT...
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The purpose of DL-AGEING is to develop computational tools for computer-aided diagnosis and prognosis of neurodegenerative diseases. We will focus on the development of computational techniques useful in the quest of more predictive biomarkers, the selection of the kind of neurodegeneration given the current patient condition, and the prediction of questions important in the assessment of disease evolution. We will approach these problems using deep-learning with a focus on the comparison with conventional machine learning achievements and the interpretability of the models. We will make efforts in the improvement of the preprocessing of the data provided in the input streams, especially for imaging data. In this project we move towards personalized medicine arena, with the objective of finding reliable and stable biomarkers that, combined with powerful computational systems, will provide high sensitivity and specificity in single individuals towards the creation of patient-specific profiles for a precise assessment of the risk of disease onset, disease evolution, and response to treatment.