Computer Vision News - December 2021

40 Medical Imaging Application “ As we are in the pandemic, I think a good analogy is that the blood test is like the antigen test for Alzheimer’s and PET imaging is the gold standard PCR, ” Jannis explains. “ There will be a lot of blood tests, but then we’ll always have people that need confirmation of blood test results, and this is where imaging comes in. ” With NeuroLF, people will have an doctor for a regular scan, with the outcome being that they either do not have to worry about Alzheimer’s for the next five to 10 years, or that they need closer monitoring, and perhaps medication. The only other alternatives to this are blood tests, which are not very precise, or cerebrospinal fluid, where they tap into the spinal cord and take out some of the liquid, which can be very unpleasant and invasive. An image of a brain phantom: bottom row is that prototype, top row is a reference image from a big scanner.