New AI Model Predicts Dementia Risk, Cancer Survival and Brain Age
Mass General Brigham researchers have developed a new AI model that can estimate brain age, assess a patient’s risk of developing dementia, and help predict survival outcomes for brain cancer using routine MRI scans. The system, created within the Harvard-affiliated health network, is designed to pull multiple clinical signals from a single brain image rather than being trained for one narrow diagnostic task. Known as BrainIAC, the model takes a different approach from most medical AI tools currently in use. Instead of relying on massive, carefully labeled datasets tied to one disease or outcome, BrainIAC is built to adapt across a range of neurological and oncology-related problems. Researchers say that…

