AI – Spotting Changes in the Brain Years Before Alzheimer's Symptoms Emerge

Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease (AD) is challenging, time consuming, and costly. Currently, there is no single test, or series of tests, that can determine with 100% certainty whether an individual has developed AD. In fact, AD cannot be definitively diagnosed until after death, when the brain can be closely examined for certain microscopic changes caused by the disease. When an individual reports to a doctor that he or she has experienced bouts of memory loss or decreased cognitive function, he or she may be assessed using a variety of cognitive and physical tests, some quite invasive, to determine whether he or she "probably" has AD. However, this diagnosis requires visible symptoms that may only show up when it is too late to start preventative measures.