Chaos analysis of the cortical boundary for the recognition of psychosis.

Background: Structural MRI studies in people with first-episode psychosis (FEP) and those in the clinical high-risk (CHR) state have consistently shown volumetric abnormalities that depict changes in the structural complexity of the cortical boundary. The aim of the present study was to employ chaos analysis in the identification of people with psychosis based on the structural complexity of the cortical boundary and subcortical areas.

Methods: We performed chaos analysis of the grey matter distribution on structural MRIs.