Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Parkinsonism
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Howard J Cabral

Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA, USA

Biography

Dr. Howard Cabral is Professor of Biostatistics at the Boston University School of Public Health. He is the founding Director of the Biostatistics and Research Design Program of the Boston University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute. Dr. Cabral’s research spans both observational studies and randomized clinical trials, including well known studies in cardiovascular health and studies of the effects of substance use on human health across the life span, with currently over 340 peer-reviewed publications.

Publications

Differentiating between Normal Aging, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Alzheimer ’ s disease with FDG-PET: Effects of Normalization Region and Partial Volume Correction Method

Objective: In Alzheimer’s FDG PET research, the choice of reference region for normalization and use of partial volume correction are inconsistent and have not been studied in a large multi-center study. Herein, we identified which normalization region provided the highest degree of discrimination between subjects who were classified as norma... Read More»

Corinna M Bauer, Howard J Cabral, Douglas N Greve and Ronald J. Killiany

Research Article: J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism 2013, 3: 113

DOI: 10.4172/2161-0460.1000113

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