Losing our memory and cognitive function is a significant concern for many of us as we age, and memory clinics are getting busier. However, the way we make the diagnosis of dementia has changed little since the first memory clinic in the UK was set up at Addenbrooke's in the early 1990s.
Dr Timothy Rittman, consultant neurologist at CUH and senior clinical research associate at the University of Cambridge discussed the latest understanding of dementia, when it begins and how to detect it. Followed by a discussion on how a team of doctors and researchers are using new technologies with machine learning to support a more accurate diagnosis, and provide information not currently available to doctors about prognosis and disease severity.
We were also joined by:
Prof Zoe Kourtzi, professor of computational cognitive neuroscience at the University of Cambridge and Alan Turing Fellow
Prof Guy Williams, professor of imaging science in the University and Associate Director of the Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre (WBIC).
Watch the full recording of the session here (opens in a new tab).
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