Since the initial outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the city of Wuhan in China, by now, the deadly virus has taken the lives of more than 199K human beings across the globe. Apart from the region from where COVID-19 originated, several countries in the continent of Europe and Asia are being affected significantly. The […]
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Machine Learning Used to Find COVID-19 Treatment
The entire world is battling with a deadly viral infection, famously called the COVID-19. Countries from all over the world have come together to fight the adverse effects of this disease on humankind. However, the battle is still on, and scientists are trying to get the best treatments for this condition. The advancement of science […]
Machine Learning Can Flag Violent Patients Before They Strike
Healthcare is a domain directly related to human welfare. Most of the people have access to health care for services pertaining to medical requirements. Without proper healthcare services, no society can survive the modern-day medical hassles. With time the diseases have become more complex and multi-layered. The Healthcare sector ensures that everyone gets the best […]
CDS Improves Imaging
Healthcare is one of the most important sectors of any country. Worldwide, millions of people get benefitted from this sector and its services. Healthcare is a mandatory part of any society, and the better it is, the higher becomes the quality of the human resources leading to the better potential of growth. No economy or […]
Virtual Gadolinium May Give The Real Thing A Run For Its Money
Healthcare today has gained a much-revised shape with technology as an integral part of it. Ever since technology has invaded every sphere of our lives, it has also changed the dimensions of the medical care sector and its standards. The service expectations and service provisions have become coincident with technological advancement. The quality of medical […]
If Healthcare Learns To Share, Blockchain Could Transform Radiology
Technology has invaded every sphere of the industries today. No matter which domain of business or practice you are referring to, smooth operation for each depends on technological advancement these days. From keeping records to delivering Healthcare, too, has not escaped its influence and has changed its services and practices drastically after accepting several tools […]
4.4M Medical Imaging Files Exposed Online, New Report Finds
The healthcare industry has gone under a massive structural and operational change over the last few decades. Most of its conventional ways of operations have now been replaced with the latest innovations and technologies, and the healthcare sector is showing a growing trend of adopting more of it. Hence, the operations and the functionalities of […]
April 2019 Sets Record For Healthcare Breaches
Healthcare is a domain that uses data extensively. All the records associated with the patients regarding their medicines, methods of treatment, diagnosis, pathological tests, and results are maintained in data format these days for convenience. Hence, the healthcare industry is one of those industries that depend largely on the data for smooth operations. However, with […]
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 […]
Facial Recognition Trained to Keep Watch over Seated Hospital Patients
In the latest development, facial recognition technology is all set to be used for monitoring sedated patients in the intensive care units (ICU). It would alert healthcare workers when patients accidentally remove a breathing tube or engage in some other behavior that could affect their health. On June 3, the study was presented at the annual meeting of the European Society of Anesthesiology in Vienna. When the concept was introduced, it was analyzed and found to have a 75 percent accuracy rate, which is a moderate level. In a Japanese study, scientists have trained an algorithm of 99 images from cameras aiming at the face of 24 ICU patients. Concept Research & Analysis Akane Sato, the lead author of the study […]