Artificial Intelligence program successful at detecting Alzheimer's
AI can determine signs of Alzheimer's 10 years before symptoms show up
AI learn's by viewing brain scans
An Italian team, at the University of Bari, recently created an algorithm program that can reveal signs of Alzheimer's in the diseases beginning stages. It will help doctors get a jump start on treatment for the incurable disease, slowing down its onset.
The AI system was shown numerous scans from Alzheimer's patients and those of healthy patients. Using computer scans that seek out the microscopic structural changes in the brain that indicate Alzheimer's, the AI received the information it needed to separate a good scan from a bad.
After testing, these were the results:
After training was done, they tested the algorithm by having it process brain scans from 148 subjects. Out of the total number, 48 were scans of people with the disease, while 48 were scans of people who suffered from mild cognitive impairment and eventually developed full-blown Alzheimer's.
The AI was able to diagnose Alzheimer's 86 percent of the time. Article
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