Verbal decision analysis applied on the optimization of Alzheimer's disease diagnosis: a case study based on neuroimaging

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2011:696:555-64. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7046-6_56.

Abstract

There is a great challenge in identifying the early diagnosis of the Alzheimer's disease, which has become the most frequent cause of dementia in the last few years, being responsible for 50% of the cases in western countries. The main focus of the work is the development of a multicriteria model for aiding in the decision making on the diagnosis of the Alzheimer's disease. It will be made by means of the Aranaú Tool, a decision support system mainly based on the ZAPROS method. The modeling and evaluation processes were conducted based on bibliographic sources, questionnaires, and on information given by a medical expert. The questionnaires analyzed were based mainly on patients' neuroimaging tests and were tried under various relevant aspects to the diagnosis of the disease.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Alzheimer Disease / diagnosis*
  • Alzheimer Disease / pathology
  • Computational Biology
  • Computer Simulation
  • Decision Support Techniques*
  • Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted
  • Humans
  • Models, Neurological
  • Surveys and Questionnaires