{"id":226940,"date":"2026-06-05T16:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/new-artificial-intelligence-tool-helps-clinicians-distinguish-between-dementia-types\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T16:20:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:20:18","slug":"new-artificial-intelligence-tool-helps-clinicians-distinguish-between-dementia-types","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/new-artificial-intelligence-tool-helps-clinicians-distinguish-between-dementia-types\/","title":{"rendered":"New artificial intelligence tool helps clinicians distinguish between dementia types"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news-medical.net\/news\/20260605\/New-artificial-intelligence-tool-helps-clinicians-distinguish-between-dementia-types.aspx\">New artificial intelligence tool helps clinicians distinguish between dementia types<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news-medical.net\/news\/20260605\/New-artificial-intelligence-tool-helps-clinicians-distinguish-between-dementia-types.aspx\">https:\/\/www.news-medical.net\/news\/20260605\/New-artificial-intelligence-tool-helps-clinicians-distinguish-between-dementia-types.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-05 16:17:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.news-medical.net\">www.news-medical.net<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alzheimer&#8217;s disease and related dementias are expected to more than double by 2060, necessitating improved diagnostic tools for clinicians.<\/li>\n<li>Researchers at the University of Florida have developed a new tool named Automated Imaging Differentiation for Dementia (AIDD) to distinguish between Alzheimer&#8217;s disease dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies.<\/li>\n<li>The AIDD tool combines brain scans with artificial intelligence (AI) to achieve near-perfect accuracy in identifying these two forms of 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