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by gramakri 3222 days ago
Thanks for the touching story and it's great to see medical startups like this.

Can you clarify how you reached the 90% number given that the detection is 15 years before the disease and your startup is only 3 years old. How were these numbers measured?

If I may throw in another question, what is the biggest challenge your company faces? It looks like there is no reason not to choose your product.

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We got access to MRI scans from numerous people with Alzheimer's disease or MCI (mild cognitive impairment) who happened to have an MRI scan up to 15 years ago, when they were still cognitively healthy, and our software detects abnormality in those older scans with a very high accuracy.

Regarding your second question/comment, we have just launched, and you are absolutely right, there is no reason not to choose our product. The biggest challenge is the huge skepticism in the medical community towards any novel technology related to Alzheimer's disease, given all prior failed big claims by others.