Characterization of cognitive capacity in relation to biomarkers of 
   Lead Investigator:    Jihye Ryu
   Institution      :    Rutgers University
   E-Mail           :    jihye.ryu@rutgers.edu
   Proposal ID      :    1068



   Proposal Description:
   Our research aims to characterize an individual's cognitive capacity on various domains with his/her biomarkers. Our lab developed a set of quantitative analytics to study the mind and body in tandem, and we would like to apply these to the data obtained through this database. Specifically we plan to examine the PET scan data along with the cognitive test scores for this purpose. This would allow us to better understand cognitive processes of the AD population, and further improve the analytics we built in the lab.  In particular, we plan to extract the raw data from the PET scans, and apply analytics that were developed in our lab. Specifically, we plan to look at the fluctuations of the signals that are commonly considered noise, and correlate clinical scores with those fluctuations which we will mathematically model.