An artificial intelligence tool trained partially on an Australian bank of dementia cases is set to be trialled in hospitals across the United States after a study found the advanced model could predict 10 different causes of the regressive illness., which the World Health Organisation expects to grow to 78 million people by 2030.
Kochalama said the tool was not designed to replace specialists but to help them make informed and efficient decisions. Dr Tim Wang, part of a team developing AI neuroimaging tools at the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre, said it was often difficult to find enough data to train accurate algorithms, and so the size and diversity of the cohort in the study was “really exciting for the field”.