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CTE has no distinct biomarkers and doesn't involve any structural damage that's visible to any of our current imaging capabilities.
How is it diagnosed post mortem? Does a human being have to pull the brain out and look through a magnifying glass?
In short, yes. Of course, they have to dissect the brain first.