An algorithm is now able to diagnose Alzheimer’s from a single brain scan, the modeling can even diagnose individuals at an early stage of the disease, normally a difficult task, according to a UK study.
“Currently no other simple and widely available methods can predict Alzheimer’s disease with this level of accuracy, so our research is an important step forward,” said lead researcher Prof. Eric Aboagye in a media release.
The June 20 study published in Nature found that a machine-learning MRI algorithm can predict whether a person has Alzheimer’s or not with 98 percent accuracy. The modeling can also differentiate between an early and late-staged Alzheimer’s patient with a fair accuracy of 79 percent….