TeraGrid and GPFS-WAN Help Distinguish Alzheimer's from Normal Brains

Brain diseases are challenging to diagnose, which can confuse or delay beneficial treatments. Now, researchers in the Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN) are using specific structural or shape differences in patients' brains to help identify brain disorders. "Using TeraGrid resources at multiple sites, this research has been able to successfully distinguish diagnostic categories such as Alzheimer's and Semantic Dementia from control subjects," said Anthony Kolasny of the Center for Imaging Science (CIS) at Johns Hopkins University . "This can potentially lead to a powerful new cyberinfrastructure tool clinicians can use to make earlier, more accurate diagnoses." http://www.sdsc.edu/News%20Items/PR100606.html

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