Study: More Hope for a Brain Scan for Autism
A team of researchers from the University of Utah and Harvard have reported using a brain-imaging test that looks at connections within the brain in order to distinguish people with autism from those without. In a recent trial, the researchers found that the test successfully identified the autistic brain more than 90% of the time.
The results showed that the autistic and non-autistic brain had measurable differences in circuitry in the white matter in these regions. Based on these differences, researchers were able to distinguish autistic people from those who were typically developing with 94% sensitivity, 90% specificity and 92% accuracy, according to the study published in Autism Research.
