Predicting brain age with deep learning from raw imaging data results in a reliable and heritable biomarker

1 code implementation • 8 Dec 2016 • James H. Cole, Rudra PK Poudel, Dimosthenis Tsagkrasoulis, Matthan WA Caan, Claire Steves, Tim D Spector, Giovanni Montana

Here we sought to further establish the credentials of "brain-predicted age" as a biomarker of individual differences in the brain ageing process, using a predictive modelling approach based on deep learning, and specifically convolutional neural networks (CNN), and applied to both pre-processed and raw T1-weighted MRI data.

GPR valid