https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/2530014/stroke-technology-scotland/
A new computer programme can predict more accurately than ever before a patient’s cognitive function — including speech and memory skills — after suffering a blood clot on the brain
STROKE victims can now be diagnosed TEN TIMES more accurately than current methods after breakthrough research carried out in Scotland.
A new computer programme can predict more accurately than ever before a patient’s cognitive function — including speech and memory skills — after suffering a blood clot on the brain.
The software measures visible injuries from cerebral small vessel disease — which can lead to dementia — and brain degeneration.
It does this by translating millions of pieces of information stored in scans into a “brain health index”.
And researchers believe this will lead to better outcomes for the 31,000 Scots stroke survivors each year.
Dr David Dickie, a research fellow at the University of Glasgow, explained: “Right now scans are reviewed from different bits and pieces of damage caused by strokes.
“A doctor will then use their experience to say what they think the effects of that damage will be.
“But that can vary as two different doctors could give two different results which can lead to a disagreement about how you would do in the future.
“What we are trying to do is use the scan to predict far more accurately the outcomes of speech and other functions.
“It will standardise the results.
“This is a more mathematical approach and is then better at predicting how good you are going to be cognitively in the future.”
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