AI Reads Brain Scans to Discover Alzheimer’s Genes

Researchers searched through the genomes of thousands of people in an attempt to uncover genes connected to Alzheimer's disease.

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However, these researchers have encountered a significant challenge: it is difficult to determine which of those persons has Alzheimer's.

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There is no infallible blood test for Alzheimer's, and dementia. Early-stage Alzheimer's disease may produce no symptoms at all.

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Researchers have now created AI-based techniques. One system effectively filters through vast quantities of brain pictures and selects those with Alzheimer 's-like traits.

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A second machine-learning approach finds crucial structural aspects of the brain. The goal is to utilise photographs of people's brains as visual 'biomarkers' of Alzheimer's disease.

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AI Reads Brain Scans to Discover Alzheimer’s Genes

Researchers searched through the genomes of thousands of people in an attempt to uncover genes connected to Alzheimer's disease.

However, these researchers have encountered a significant challenge: it is difficult to determine which of those persons has Alzheimer's.

There is no infallible blood test for Alzheimer's, and dementia. Early-stage Alzheimer's disease may produce no symptoms at all.

Researchers have now created AI-based techniques. One system effectively filters through vast quantities of brain pictures and selects those with Alzheimer 's-like traits.

A second machine-learning approach finds crucial structural aspects of the brain. The goal is to utilise photographs of people's brains as visual 'biomarkers' of Alzheimer's disease.

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