Early Detection Of Alzheimer’s Disease Image Processing

Abstract

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is irreversible, 
progressive brain disorders that slowly destroy 
memory and thinking skills. Alzheimer’s is one of 
the most common causes of Dementia. Dementia 
means loss of Cognitive functioning – thinking, 
remembering and reasoning – and behavioral 
ability to such an extent that it interfere with Daily 
life. The image processing is widely used in medical 
field in order to detect disease and help doctor in 
decision making based on observation. The paper 
aim to detect the Alzheimer’s disease at earliest so 
that patient can be prevented before irreversible 
changes occur in brain. We propose the image 
processing technique to process the Magnetic 
Resonance Imaging (MRI) of brain from axial 
plane, coronal plane and sagittal plane. The image 
segmentation is used to highlight the affected 
region in brain MRI. The diagnosed region in brain 
MRI includes hippocampus and volume of brain. 
The comparative identification of person affected 
with the Alzheimer’s disease, Healthy cohort and 
Mild Cognitive impairment is done.