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Augmented Reality as a Potential Tool for Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease: A Pilot Study

Amirov, A; Castegnaro, A; Rudzka, K; Burgess, N; Chan, D; Pan, X; (2024) Augmented Reality as a Potential Tool for Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease: A Pilot Study. In: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH) IEEE 2024. (pp. pp. 1-8). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Green open access

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Abstract

Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR and AR) technologies are emerging tools in medical research, and may have particular benefit for early detection of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Consistent with the entorhinal cortex (EC) being the first brain region affected in AD, and the postulated role of the EC in spatial navigation, studies have shown that patients with early AD, prior to dementia onset, are preferentially affected on a VR task of navigation, with the navigational impairment driven by errors in angular estimation. The emergence of consumer grade AR devices provides a novel option for assessing angular estimation which may potentially be more suitable for use in routine diagnostic practice than fully immersive VR. This initial study aimed to design a simplified angular replication methodology and to ascertain the ease of use of AR technology. Twelve volunteers tested the application that required them to replicate an encoding angle using virtual markers within a real world environment. All participants successfully completed the 28 trials consistently within a similar timeframe. Spatial data from the headset provided valuable insights into performance, and questionnaire feedback indicated a positive user experience with minimal simulation sickness. This work demonstrates that angular estimation is testable with AR devices and that AR-based tasks have high user acceptability, highlighting the potential for AR in clinical practice for diagnosis of early AD.

Type: Proceedings paper
Title: Augmented Reality as a Potential Tool for Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease: A Pilot Study
Event: 2024 IEEE 12th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH)
Location: Funchal, Portugal
Dates: 7th-9th August 2024
ISBN-13: 979-8-3503-8438-3
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1109/SeGAH61285.2024.10639570
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/segah61285.2024.10639570
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10197721
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