Also called personalized medicine, this evolving field makes use of an individual’s genes, lifestyle, environment and other factors to identify unique disease risks and guide treatment decision-making.
Cynthia Rudin, PhD, is a highly regarded computer scientist who’s been eyeing the advance of artificial intelligence into society with equal parts enthusiasm and concern.
By now it’s a difficult-to-dispute likelihood: AI won’t replace doctors making diagnoses, but doctors who use AI will displace doctors who don’t use AI. The hypothesis gets a fresh airing out from the vantage point of the general public.
A deep-learning system (DLS) designed by Google researchers outperformed several top general pathologists when grading prostate cancer on a standard grade, according to newly-published research.
An AI-based network outperformed several dermatologists while analyzing skin lesions for cancer, suggesting the technology could be a helpful tool for physicians regardless of their experience, according to a recent study.
Saint Thomas Health, a Tennessee-based health system, is the first in the state to use an AI-based software system that helps clinicians better diagnose and treat coronary artery disease, according to an online report by WGNS News Radio.
Weeks after Eko announced plans to develop machine-learning technology to help physicians detect heart diseases, the AI-based network's results were comparable to cardiologists in detection accuracy.
Australian researchers are encouraging physicians to consider how online support groups may impact a cancer patient’s decision-making following a study that used a machine-learning framework to analyze patient interactions within online groups.
Though AI is believed to be a game changer in medicine, Canadian medical students interested in radiology still aren’t sure if it will have a positive impact.
The National Institute on Aging has awarded a total of $5 million for two projects that will use AI and big data to better understand Alzheimer’s disease and other memory loss diseases.
