Alzheimer's disease: NHS test brain scan
( spots the disease early )
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A computer programme that uses brain scans to spot Alzheimer's Disease early is being tested by the NHS.
The new method compares the patient's brain to a database of 1,200 existing images of brains known to be affected by the degenerative brain condition. This collection of images is thought to be the largest of its kind in the world. The test, which was developed at Maudsley Hospital and Kings College London, delivers results that are 85 per cent accurate in just 24 hours. At present doctors rely heavily on memory tests which aren't especially reliable. As a result the Alzheimer's Society said only 40 per cent of the 750,000 people in the UK with dementia receive a formal diagnosis. This is expected to soar to 1.7million by 2051.
Professor Rob Howard from the Maudsley Hospital in London, said the MRI scan could either reassure patient's more quickly that they don't have the condition, or provide more time make care plans if they do. 'The earlier we make the diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, the more able we are to intervene when we have treatments that are likely to work and affect the course of the disease,' he told BBC News.
The system was developed in partnership with the Karolinska Hospital in Sweden. It is being 'field tested' over the next 12 months with patients attending SLaM memory services in Croydon, Lambeth and Southwark in London. Read more: dailymail.co.uk
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