AI in Healthcare Blogs

The detection of cancer has become easier because of the use of AI and deep data mining. Researchers from Oregon State University successfully used deep learning to extract information from gene expression data that, in turn, helped them to classify … Read More

Oncology promises to be one of the medical specialties that AI can have a huge impact long-term. The reason is that there are many different types and subtypes of cancer and successful diagnosis of each and subtyping can lead to … Read More

In musculoskeletal medicine, AI promises to play a key role in the coming years and decades. Not only will AI assist in interpreting radiological studies such as X-rays and MRIs, it will also assist in remotely monitoring and assisting patients … Read More

A team from Stevens Institute of Technology has developed an artificial intelligence tool that can diagnose Alzheimer’s disease with more than 95 percent accuracy, eliminating the need for expensive scans or in-person testing. In addition, the algorithm is also able to explain … Read More

An increasing number of  algorithms can predict stroke from atrial fibrillation and characterizing plaques in carotid arteries for the same purpose. These fall under the bucket of cardiovascular or neurological diseases. Other neurological applications include assessment of acute ischemic stroke … Read More

Researchers from Mayo Clinic and AliveCor Inc. have been using artificial intelligence (AI) to develop a mobile device that can identify certain patients at risk of sudden cardiac death. This research has yielded a breakthrough in determining the health of … Read More

As a Cardiologist with expertise in AI, I definitely see a whole lot of areas where AI can improve the practice of cardiology.  But my excitement is less about AI adding more accuracy to the reading of the variety of … Read More

Moore’s Field Eye Hospital partnered with Google’s DeepMind to develop OCT algorithms for the eye. They can diagnose most retinal disease: diabetic retinopathy, AMD, glaucoma, and fifty more with a combination of high-quality photos of the eye and deep learning … Read More

As with dermatology, ophthalmology is another specialty where the examination of the eye, including the fundus is a huge part of the screening and diagnosis for a variety of eye conditions. As such, if there is a way to create … Read More

Consistent with radiology and pathology, dermatology is another specialty where a lot of the diagnosis comes down to a visual inspection of the skin and doing pattern recognition. This is good fit for AI to assist. Assist is the right … Read More