Search Tag: algorithm

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Ai-accuracy-matches-clinicians

2019 30 Sep

More sophisticated technologies such as artificial intelligence are said to hold much promise in improving disease diagnosis . A new systematic review of relevant published articles, for instance, indicates that AI can detect diseases from medical imaging with the same accuracy as clinicians. The review included 82 studies spanning cardiology, breast...Read more

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New-app-predicts-preterm-birth-risk

2016 26 Jan

A new app (QUiPP) developed at King's College London can help doctors identify women at risk of giving birth prematurely, according to results of two studies published in the journal Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology . The app uses an algorithm that combines the gestation of previous pregnancies and the length of the cervix with levels of a biomarker...Read more

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Brain-mystery-solved-with-it-approach

2016 08 Jan

Discontinuity of topographic maps in the brain — not signal reduction — reflects sensory impairment, according to new research from Hebrew University. The findings, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) , shed light on a longstanding mystery of a fundamental property of the brain.  It has long been known...Read more

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Algorithm-helps-predict-patients-deadly-sepsis

2015 07 Aug

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a new computer-based method that can help clinicians identify hospital patients at risk of septic shock. The method correctly predicts septic shock in 85 percent of cases, without increasing the false positive rate from screening methods that are currently used, according to a study published in...Read more

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Algorithm-identifies-onset-of-local-flu-outbreaks

2014 21 Nov

Predicting the beginning of influenza outbreaks is notoriously difficult, but researchers have devised a new method that makes it easier for hospitals and public health departments to determine the onset of elevated influenza activity at the community level. The researchers say their algorithm or statistical technique, called Above Local Elevated Respiratory...Read more