Surgical data science: data-driven assistance in the OR
In the next-generation operating room interconnected sensors will collect data, analyse it in real-time and make it available to digital assistance functions.
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AI system to prevent imaging cyberthreats
Researchers have developed an AI technique that will protect medical devices from malicious operating instructions in a cyberattack.
AI offers clues to a 500-year old mystery
Researchers used AI and genetic analyses to examine the structure of the inner surface of the heart using 25 000 MRI scans.
AI system for recognition of hand gestures
Scientists have developed an AI system that recognises hand gestures by combining skin-like electronics with computer vision.
Machine learning model may perfect 3D nanoprinting
Scientists and collaborators are using machine learning to address two key barriers to industrialization of two-photon lithography.
‘Cyborg’ tech could enable merger of humans and AI
Although true “cyborgs” — part human, part robotic beings — are science fiction, researchers are taking steps toward integrating electronics with the body.
Network medicine makes drug repurposing effective
Artificial intelligence can increase the effectiveness of drug repositioning or repurposing research.
AI finds patterns of mutations in tumour images
Researchers have developed an AI algorithm that uses computer vision to analyze tissue samples from cancer patients.
Progress in capture of biosignals for EEG
New electrode technology and AI analytics solve challenges in neurological emergency, acute and intensive care medicine.
Optimizing neural networks on a brain-inspired computer
Research shows how so-called “critical states” can be used to optimize artificial neural networks running on brain-inspired neuromorphic hardware.
The next-gen 'smart pill' for cancer detection
Researchers are developing a pill-sized capsule that uses AI-enabled sensing to diagnose gastrointestinal cancers and bleeding earlier.
Robin, the AI social robot
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital launches an innovative project to support the emotional needs of children.
Chatbot ‘Gene' to help with hereditary cancer
Myriad Genetics, Inc. announced a new collaboration with OptraHEALTH to implement a cognitive chatbot named Gene to provide genetic and financial assistance information to prospective patients.
Towards an AI diagnosis like the doctor's
Researchers show how they can make an AI show how it's working, as well as let it diagnose more like a doctor, thus making AI-systems more relevant to clinical practice.
Huge potential of human - AI collaboration
AI is increasingly being used in medicine to support human expertise. A study has now illustrated the enormous potential of human/computer collaboration.
AI tool speeds up COVID-19 research
Computer scientists are aiming to speed up treatments and vaccines for COVID-19 — by making researchers’ jobs easier.
AI algorithm to help manage diabetes
Researchers, using artificial intelligence and automated monitoring, have designed a method to help people with type 1 diabetes better manage their glucose levels.
AI and probabilistic modelling applied to oncology
Improving the prediction of survival indicators in patients with breast cancer using tools from artificial intelligence and probabilistic modelling is the aim of ModGraProDep.
Neural networks: artificial brains need sleep too
States that resemble sleep-like cycles in simulated neural networks quell the instability that comes with uninterrupted self-learning in artificial analogs of brains.
Lung cancer: AI could predict risk of recurrence
Computer scientists working with pathologists have trained an AI tool to determine which patients with lung cancer have a higher risk of their disease coming back after treatment.
mhealth: A portable ultrasound scanner for COVID-19
Researchers are collaborating with local partners to establish a network of portable, handheld ultrasound scanners that can soon accelerate COVID-19 diagnosis.
AI enables rapid ultrasound COVID-19 testing
Establishing whether a patient is suffering from COVID-19 within a few minutes is possible using ultrasound machines that are enhanced with artificial intelligence.
3D printing patient-specific implants
Researchers have developed a personalized therapeutic concept that significantly reduces the chances of a patient suffering post-operative complications.
AI diagnostic can predict COVID-19 without testing
Researchers at King’s College London, Massachusetts General Hospital and health science company ZOE have developed an AI diagnostic that can predict whether someone is likely to have COVID-19 based on their symptoms.
Necklace detects abnormal heart rhythm
A necklace which detects abnormal heart rhythm will be showcased for the first time on EHRA Essentials 4 You, a scientific platform of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
Neural networks help cardiac diagnostics
Artificial intelligence may be an aid to interpreting ECG results, helping healthcare staff to diagnose diseases that affect the heart.
Fighting infectious diseases using AI
Researchers have harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to dramatically accelerate the discovery of drug combination therapies.
AI model accurately classifies colorectal polyps
An AI model for automated classification of colorectal polyps could benefit cancer screening programs by improving efficiency, reproducibility, and accuracy.
Digital twin enables protective ventilation
A computational lung model can be used to reduce damage caused by mechanical ventilation – and could increase survival rates for patients significantly.
