Brain scan may identify Alzheimer’s early on

Alzheimer’s disease could be diagnosed from a single brain scan, allowing it to be identified at an early stage, a study suggests. The research uses artificial intelligence to look at structures of the brain, including in regions not previously associated with Alzheimer’s.

Prof Eric Aboagye, from Imperial College London’s department of surgery and cancer, who led the research, said: “Waiting for a diagnosis can be a horrible experience for patients and their families. If we could cut down the time they have to wait, make diagnosis a simpler process, and reduce some of the uncertainty, that would help a great deal.”