Artificial Intelligence Can Detect Alzheimer’s Disease in Brain Scans Six Years Before A Diagnosis

Artificial intelligence (AI) can detect Alzheimer's disease in brain scans 6.32 years before a diagnosis by a health care professional. Through a positron emission tomography (PET) imaging test scan, a new algorithm effectively detected Alzheimer's disease with 95% accuracy at this point in the disease's progression.

These findings were reported in "A Deep Learning Model to Predict a Diagnosis of Alzheimer Disease by Using 18F-FDG PET of the Brain" by Yiming Ding; Jae Ho Sohn, M.D., MS; Michael G. Kawczynski, MS; Hari Trivedi, M.D.; and colleagues. The researchers obtained written inform consent to . . .