Dementia diagnostics using artificial intelligence computer tool for memory clinics

Project aim: DAILY aims to translate digital technology to clinical practice, to support clinicians in their daily challenge of dementia diagnostics. A computer tool will be developed, in close collaboration with clinicians and patients, that transforms all complex diagnostic test results to an easy-to-understand and clinically useful report.

Background: Dementia is a health priority in the Netherlands as well as globally. To provide adequate care in dementia, early and accurate diagnosis is essential. Despite great progress in diagnostic biomarkers, advances in computer technologies and in artificial intelligence, dementia diagnostics to date remains suboptimal in many places: tools are often outdated, variability in diagnostic workup and quality is high, with diagnostic accuracies as low as 40% having been reported. Simple and intuitive tools are needed for enabling better and more uniform diagnostic quality at all levels of healthcare.

Approach: There will be, in co-creation with patients and professionals, a novel reporting module be developed utilising data from 1) a novel minimal cognitive test battery, 2) prototype web-based cognitive testing at home, and 3) prototype CT brain quantification. The module transforms all complex data and the outputs of artificial intelligence models to an easy-to-understand and clinically useful report. This novel computer tool (cNeuro-light) will be validated prospectively in daily practice, focusing on clinician and patient outcomes

Deliverables: With this data the project paves the way for the optimal use of artificial intelligence tools in clinical practice and empowering patients, to take the first step in personalised medicine by translating diagnostic test results directly to the patient. DAILY delivers reports on development, feasibility and acceptability of cNeuro-light and recommendations for optimal use of computer tools in differential dementia diagnostics. This leads to a more efficient, accurate and consistent diagnostic process in local memory clinics and can harmonise care across local clinics independent of level of experience.