AI Excels at Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

AI Excels at Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

by | January 13, 2020 | Medical

Evidence continues to pile up supporting the promise of artificial intelligence in diagnosing medical issues. We’ve written about numerous studies in which machine learning proved equal to or better than physicians diagnosticians. Researchers at Heidelberg...
Neural-Network Excels in Breast Cancer Detection

Neural-Network Excels in Breast Cancer Detection

by | December 20, 2019 | Medical

Deep learning neural networks now offer the best hope for detecting breast cancer. The latest CDC study reports about 247,200 new diagnoses of breast cancer in women and men and nearly 41,500 fatalities every year. Previously, we wrote about work by a research team...
AI Predicts Kidney Disease in Cats

AI Predicts Kidney Disease in Cats

by | October 17, 2019 | Enabling Tech

We don’t typical cover health tech for pets, but the potential cross-over for humans sometimes makes a story relevant for our audience. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is the leading cause of death for cats over five years of age, according to a 2015 study...
Machine Learning Predicts ED Discharge Mortality

Machine Learning Predicts ED Discharge Mortality

by | September 4, 2019 | Medical

A new study published in BMJ Open by medical schools and hospitals in Sweden and Boston explored the real-world value of new medical technologies. Return on healthcare spending suffers when patients do not live to benefit from the procedures. The study’s...