It is expected that the era of artificial intelligence (AI) determining whether or not dementia by looking at only a photograph of a face will soon begin.
According to the Yomiuri Shimbun on the 26th, research teams such as the University of Tokyo have accurately determined more than 90% of dementia with only facial photos through AI. It is the first time that dementia has been judged using only a photograph of the face.
This study used data from 121 men and women (average 81 years old) with dementia or mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and 117 men and women with normal cognitive function (average 76 years old). The research team verified whether the AI properly distinguishes between a person with dementia and a normal person by looking at an expressionless frontal photo. As a result, the accuracy of AI was 93%. In the report of only the upper part of the face photo, patients with dementia were selected with 91% accuracy.
This study is a further development of the existing research that’people with reduced cognitive function tend to look older than they actually are.’ The University of Tokyo’s side trained the photos of dementia patients to AI so that they could distinguish whether or not there was a fine expression. Yumi Kameyama, a special lecturer at Tokyo University Hospital, who was in charge of the research, said, “As we age, early diagnosis of dementia is becoming more important. It will be” he said. In the case of mild dementia, the research team expects that AI analysis will be useful in many cases when initial diagnosis is difficult. Dementia refers to a condition in which it is difficult to maintain daily life due to abnormal cognitive function due to brain damage. It is not a disease itself, but a generic term. There are 80 to 90 causes of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease and alcoholic dementia. Alzheimer’s disease accounts for 50-80% of the causes of dementia. Tokyo = Correspondent Park Hyung-jun [email protected]
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