
A convolutional neural network was utilized in deep learning architecture to predict the cognitive status of participants based on drawn clock images. Methods: Over 40,000 CDT images were obtained from the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) database, which collects the annual surveys of nationally representative community-dwelling older adults in the United States. We aimed to build a CDT-based deep neural network (DNN) model using data from a large cohort of older adults, to automatically detect cognitive decline, and explore its potential as a mass screening tool.


Introduction: The Clock-Drawing Test (CDT) is a simple cognitive tool to examine multiple domains of cognition including executive function.

1Department of Neuropathology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Japan.Kenichiro Sato 1,2 *, Yoshiki Niimi 2, Tatsuo Mano 3, Atsushi Iwata 4 and Takeshi Iwatsubo 1,2 *
