New scanning technology could help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease using light

(Source – www.blogs.va.gov)

Researchers with the VA Bedford and VA Boston health care systems have developed a non-invasive optical technique to help detect Alzheimer’s disease. The new technique uses spectroscopy – measuring how light is scattered and absorbed when passing through matter – to identify structural changes in the brain.  Continue reading the blog here…

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