Dementia breakthrough 'could end postcode lottery' View 2 Images

New research has offered hope for the diagnosis of dementia. University College London has published a study , part-funded by the Alzheimer’s Society’s Heather Corrie Impact Fund, which it said showed it was possible to cut the time for diagnostic MRI scans for dementia to one-third of their standard length.

The findings have been described as a step towards ending ‘the postcode lottery in dementia diagnosis’. Shorter scans would be easier and more comfortable for patients and also mean more people could be scanned at a lower cost, the research found. The team behind the study said this could at least double the number of dementia scans able to be done in one day.

MRI scans often play a key role in an accurate dementia

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