A prospective NIH funded study examines the effects of early brain damage on selective aspects of cognitive development in children. We describe an efficient method to segment and visualize the intracerebral fluid spaces in children and adults based on MRI and to quantify ventricular volumes which is (a) robust (for normal and pathological anatomy), (b) reproducible (less than 2 % relative vari...

The thesis is based on the following papers: I. Eckerström C, Olsson E, Borga M, Ekholm S, Ribbelin S, Rolstad S, Starck G, Edman A, Wallin A, Malmgren H. Small baseline volume of left hippocampus is associated with subsequent conversion of MCI into dementia: the Göteborg MCI study. J Neurol Sci. 2008 Sep 15;272(1-2):48-59. II. Eckerström C, Andreasson U, Olsson E, Rolstad S, Blennow K, Zetterb...

Urban indicators are efficient tools designed to simplify, quantify and communicate relevant information for land planners. Since urban data has a strong spatial representation, one can use geographical data as the basis for constructing information regarding urban environments. One important source of information about the land status is imagery collected through remote sensing. Afterwards, us...