Alzheimer's and Dementia Online: News and Information for Carers

Skull Scanner Reveals Alzheimer's

Wired News: Skull Scanner Reveals Alzheimer's: "Technology that's now used to monitor patients in the operating room could become the first accurate way to diagnose Alzheimer's disease before death.
The only definitive way to diagnose Alzheimer's today is by performing an autopsy. But early test results indicate that a brain-wave analysis device can accurately detect the beginning stages of the deadly illness and even help to diagnose depression. The technology, developed by Aspect Medical Systems, converts the data from an electroencephalogram, or EEG, into a numerical value between 0 and 100 indicating the amount of electrical brain activity. "

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