AI may diagnose autism in children much earlier, study says – By Susan Kreimer (UPI) / Nov 21, 2023
NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (UPI) — A novel artificial intelligence system could diagnose autism much earlier in children, according to research to be presented this week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago.
The newly developed system that analyzes specialized MRIs of the brain accurately diagnosed children between the ages of 24 and 48 months with autism at a 98.5% accuracy rate, researchers said.
A multi-disciplinary team at the University of Louisville developed the three-stage system to analyze and classify diffusion tensor MRI, or DT-MRI, of the brain. DT-MRI is a special technique that detects how water travels along white matter tracts in the brain, according to a news release.
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