Researchers develop AI that can spot signs of Alzheimer’s a DECADE before human doctors

‘Doctors are working hard to detect Alzheimer’s disease sooner and sooner, but it looks like artificial intelligence has them beat.
Researchers have developed an AI that is able to detect the neurodegenerative disease – which leads to loss of memory and cognitive functions – almost 10 years earlier than doctors can by looking at symptoms alone.
Using MRI scans, the AI can detect early signs with 84 percent accuracy by identifying changes in how regions of the brain are connected.
‘Nowadays, cerebrospinal fluid analyses and brain imaging using radioactive tracers can tell us to what extent the brain is covered with plaques and tangles, and are able to predict relatively accurately who is at high risk of developing Alzheimer’s 10 years later,’ Mariana La Rocca, a researcher on the study, told New Scientist of the current detection methods.’
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