Experts study thousands of brain scans in battle against dementia
Daily Express|August 26, 2024
SCIENTISTS hoping to build software that predicts the likelihood of dementia are being allowed to study hundreds of thousands of NHS brain scans.
Paul Cargill
Experts study thousands of brain scans in battle against dementia

Around 20 experts will analyse information from the CTs and MRIs using AI and the patients' health records.

They hope to find patterns that could indicate the risk. The idea is that these could then be turned into a digital tool for radiologists scanning new patients.

Isolating a group with a high risk, they believe, will enable the development of more precise treatments.

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