With significant advancements in medical technology and artificial intelligence, healthcare professionals are getting the opportunity to make optimum use of every modern tool to diagnose, monitor, and treat diseases effectively. At the University of Nebraska Medical Center, a robotic seal puppy has been playing a pivotal role in making occupational therapy fun for a pediatric […]
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Blockchain Could Be The Great Cost, Time Saver In Healthcare
The healthcare system is one of the most critical domains that maintain the overall quality of the human resources available in a country. Without the smooth and efficient functioning of the healthcare sector, no country can expect to grow seamlessly or maintain its growth curve upwards. Hence, it is of paramount importance that the healthcare […]
University Starts ‘Ethical AI’ Graduate Program
Technology and science have turned the world upside down. Tasks that were earlier considered difficult or impossible are now getting done without much effort. Tasks that took weeks or months to get done are now getting completed within hours. All these have been possible owing to the remarkable and unimaginable progress in the field of […]
8 AI strategies from the White House
Technology is making rapid progress in every sphere. There is hardly any domain in today’s world that does not imbibe the advantages of technology to make its operations perfect. Especially when it comes to applications and functionalities of the healthcare sector, technology has changed the definition of efficiency and productivity for the sector. Today, detecting […]
FDA Prepares to Regulate AI in Medical Devices
New and advanced AI innovations are increasingly touching medical devices. According to the Roll Call report, the FDA is already struggling with the reality of regulating all living things in a much better way. Looking forward, traditional ways of regulating medical devices are unlikely to work for the latest innovations powered by AI. At present, […]
Generation ‘Alpha’ to Live in the Age of AI
Generation Alpha is the new name for the first generation to be born in the 21st century. They shall never know life beyond smartphones and smart assistants. It is predicted that they would be as dependent on AI as Generation Z and Millenials are on the internet. Peter Rejcek, a journalist, takes a dig at how AI is about the change the world, and how it would affect AI development moving forward. Singularity Hub published his post on May 14, which naturally focuses on healthcare figures. Rejcek writes, “AI is already transforming healthcare and longevity research. Machines are helping to design drugs faster and detect disease earlier.” Though it is not new, Rejcek has summarized a few specific recent studies on the influence of AI in healthcare, and he pointed out that artificial intelligence (AI) appears in approximately 90,000 publications archived on PubMed. He has also looked into the coming role of AI for Generation Alpha, born between 2011 and 2025, both in research and education. Introducing the AI Doctor The healthcare industry has adopted AI like none other, making it an integral part of the business. In fact, AI has already transformed healthcare plus longevity research. In fact, machines are now assisting drug design and earlier disease detection. It is also predicted that AI would influence not just diagnosis and treatment of diseases in children, but also how we choose which child would be born first. An NPJ Digital Medicine study published by the Weill Cornell Medicine scientist used 12,000 human embryo photos taken after five days of fertilization to train AI algorithms on how to suggest which in vitro fertilized embryo had the best chances of successful pregnancy based on quality. Each embryo was assigned a grade based on different aspects of appearance. Investigators used statistical analysis to correlate that grade with the chances of success. Stork, the algorithm, successfully classified the quality of a new set of photos having 97 percent accuracy. Dr. Olivier Elemento, director of the Caryl and Israel Englander Institute for Precision Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, was quoted in a press release as he said, “Our algorithm will help embryologists maximize the chances that their patients will have a single healthy pregnancy. The IVF procedure will remain the same but we’ll be able to improve outcomes by harnessing the power of artificial intelligence.” Other doctors and medical researchers have identified the potential of applying AI to detect signs of possible developmental issues in newborns. European scientists are working with a Finnish AI startup to create seizure monitoring technology. They have developed a technique to detect movement patterns, which might indicate conditions such as cerebral palsy. The study was published in the journal, Acta Pediatrica, which relief on an algorithm for extracting the movement from a newborn, and further turning it into a simple “stick-figure” that medical experts could use to detect clinically relevant data. Researchers are continuously improving […]
Debate on AI Ethics
While Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an important turning point in radiology, the ethical aspects are debatable. The American College of Radiology (ACR) together with the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) and other imaging societies together published a draft document entailing the future of AI and its ethical uses. The European Society of Radiology, European Society of Medical Imaging Informatics, RSNA, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, and Canadian […]