Fast, accurate test for Alzheimer's
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 10:06
in Psychology & Sociology
Scientists at the National Institute for Health Researchs (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health at the Kings College London Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) are the first to use an advanced computer program to accurately detect the early signs of Alzheimer's disease from a routine clinical brain scan. The new scan can return 85 per cent accurate diagnostic results in under 24 hours.