Alzheimer’s disease could soon be detected at the optometrist’s office using a retina scan, with help from artificial intelligence . researcher Changiz Taghibiglou said on Wednesday. “This is the externally directly accessible part of the brain, our eyes.”researcher Sara Mardanisamani and a team of local doctors and scientists to develop a new, non-invasive AI screening tool for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease.
Taghibiglou said their ultimate goal is for the AI tool to be used in the optometrist’s office and for a patient’s family physician to be notified if the algorithm detects anything abnormal. The team hopes if the disease can be detected years before signs and symptoms begin showing, action can be taken for better patient outcomes.