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Diagnosing Parkinson's Disease Using Evolutionary Algorithms

Amir Dehsarvi

• 25 September 2015
  5pm - 8.30pm

• King's Manor, Ante Room (map)

• FREE admission
  No booking required

• Wheelchair accessible

Event details

Just under 50% of people with a degenerative disease in UK receive a diagnosis – is this good enough? What if we could take a photo of your brain and tell you what illnesses you have? My research focuses on using a combination of brain photos (fMRI images) and scary maths equations to develop a faster and more accurate method for diagnosing Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease. Over 900,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s disease; hence, developing tools to diagnose degenerative diseases more accurately and earlier on is key to improving the treatment of patients and their quality of life. My research uses data collected from veterans treated in hospitals in UK, USA, Australia, and Singapore, amongst others. Every hour someone in the UK is told that they have Parkinson’s disease – with faster and more accurate diagnoses we can reduce their suffering. Comle along to find out more!