About the Authors

Zhijun Yao

Affiliation School of Information Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Bin Hu

bh@lzu.edu.cn

Affiliations School of Information Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, School of Computing, Telecomminications and Networks, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Chuanjiang Liang

Affiliation School of Information Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Lina Zhao

Affiliation School of Information Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Mike Jackson

Affiliation Birmingham City Business School, Birmingham City University, Perry Barr, Birmingham, United Kingdom

the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Information about the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZJY BH CJL LNZ MJ. Analyzed the data: ZJY BH CJL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZJY BH CJL. Wrote the paper: ZJY BH CJL MJ.