About the Authors

Yawu Liu

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland, Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland

Jussi Mattila

Affiliation VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Tampere, Finland

Miguel Ángel Muñoz Ruiz

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland

Teemu Paajanen

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland

Juha Koikkalainen

Affiliation VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Tampere, Finland

Mark van Gils

Affiliation VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Tampere, Finland

Sanna-Kaisa Herukka

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland

Gunhild Waldemar

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Memory Disorders Research Group, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Jyrki Lötjönen

Affiliation VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Tampere, Finland

Hilkka Soininen

hilkka.soininen@uef.fi

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland

for The Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

A complete listing of ADNI investigators can be found at: http://adni.loni.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/how_to_apply/ADNI_Acknowledgement_List.pdf.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YL TP JL HS. Critically revised the paper: YL JM MAMR TP JK MVG SKH GW JL HS. Analyzed the data: YL JM JL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JM JK MVG SKH GW JL HS. Wrote the paper: YL JM TP JL HS.