AI algorithm that detects brain defects could help cure hard-to-spot epilepsy, study suggests

Scientists have developed an AI that detect early signs of epilepsy that even experienced medics could miss. It was able to detect six in 10 patients with a rare form of the condition, compared to an MRI which did not spot any. Epilepsy, which affects one in 100 Britons and Americans, causes uncontrolled bursts of electrical activity in the brain that trigger seizures. One cause of epilepsy is drug-resistant focal cortical dysplasia (FCD), a subtle abnormality in the brain that causes signals to misfire. It can only be treated with surgery.