Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0774213

Funded Activity Summary

Quantifying cortical thickness and white matter hyperintensity volumes and determining their relationship on Magnetic Resonance Imaging in ageing brains. Australia's population is ageing, with a significant projected increase in the number of people aged over 65 and 85. Mental health and quality of life for this ageing population have become an increasingly important issue. This project directly addresses the National Research Priority 2 in the terms of ageing well, ageing productively. Accurately measuring the distribution of brain structural changes is an effective way of differentiating normal ageing from various pathological conditions reflecting the underlying pathology. The project has access to an unprecedented large sample of longitudinal Magnetic Resonance Imaging and health/clinical data and will produce a set of algorithms to examine this issue and put Australia at the forefront of such research.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2007

End Date: 30-04-2012

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $285,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Stochastic Analysis And Modelling | Biomedical Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Biomedical Engineering | Radiology And Organ Imaging

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Mental health | Nervous system and disorders | Health related to ageing |

Other Keywords

Biomedical Engineering | Biomedical Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Health related to ageing | Mental health | Nervous system and disorders | Radiology And Organ Imaging | Stochastic Analysis And Modelling

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