As accurate as experts,AI can diagnose dementia.

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Researchers have recently published their study at Boston University School of

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Medicine, mentioning that artificial intelligence may be able to help some of the

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challenges regarding dementia care for an aging population.

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The researchers further mentioned that artificial intelligence has grown, and now it can account for all potential conditions

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, including physical examination, laboratory results, neuropsychological testing,

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imaging, and other diagnoses to come up with results.

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The lead researcher further mentioned that we’re designing a variety of computers that are capable of digesting large quantities of data

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which is usually collected during a typical workup of a suspected patient.

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Later with the help of machine learning, the researchers were able to pinpoint the exact pieces of data that can help in decision making.

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Lastly, the researchers also used a group of international physicians in a 

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head-to-head comparative study with artificial intelligence. As a result, the experts  

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and artificial intelligence came up with an exact diagnosis

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 and the accuracy was similar in both groups.

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