A machine learning algorithm that takes into account an intensive care patient's long-term disease history can predict their chances of survival more accurately than previous methods, according to a study published in the June 2019 issue of The Lancet Digital…
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Researchers now have thousands of new DNA mutations to study as possible causes of autism, thanks to an artificial intelligence-powered technique described in a study published May 27 in Nature Genetics.
IBM Research's U.K. lab has teamed up with British home care startup Cera Care to begin testing a system combining LiDAR sensors and artificial intelligence to encourage the independence and wellbeing of senior citizens.
Clinc, an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based provider of conversational artificial intelligence solutions, has raised $52 million in Series B funding, VentureBeat reports.
Biofourmis, a startup producing artificial intelligence-powered health management solutions, announced May 21 that it has closed a $35 million Series B funding round and will be moving its headquarters from Singapore to Boston.
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A deep learning algorithm developed by members of Google's artificial intelligence team achieved "state-of-the-art performance" in detecting easily overlooked indicators of lung cancer in CT scans, according to a study published this week in Nature Medicine.
Though it may seem counterintuitive, automating tasks and outsourcing responsibilities to algorithms and other forms of artificial intelligence will actually humanize medicine, according to Eric Topol, MD, director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute in La Jolla, Calif.
Health[at]Scale, a San Jose, Calif.-based startup developing machine learning solutions for precision medicine, has raised $16 million in a Series A funding round, with UnitedHealth Group's Optum as the sole investor, TechCrunch reports.
Since the beginning of the month, the FDA has granted several artificial intelligence-powered health IT products "Breakthrough Device" status, which does not indicate safety approval, but designates a product as potentially life-saving and fast-tracks its development, testing and approval process.
An artificial intelligence-powered diagnosis system was able to identify tears in the anterior cruciate ligament from MRI scans with sensitivity and specificity comparable to that of a team of clinical radiologists, according to a new study in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence.