Since humans are not very good at predicting the future, even if the help of a magic ball, scientists have developed a new system based on artificial intelligence to help us predict the future risk of suffering from Alzheimer’s disease by analysing certain parameters in brain scans.

The research, recently published in the journal Diagnostics, provides insights into the development of such an AI system, able to recognise early signs of cognitive impairment (a previous stage to full-on Alzheimer’s) on brains scans acquired with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).

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