Nov 25, 2018

AI Health Frontier - Issue 4

By Florent Geerts • Issue #4 • View online

“Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity - not a threat.“ - Steve Jobs

When you Google the top quotes on artificial intelligence, you’ll find that 90% are cautionary statements from people like Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking, warning us how AI could spell the end of the human race. And while AI certainly comes with ethical concerns, more than anything AI provides opportunity.

All around the world, organisations and businesses are spearheading innovation in AI. We’ve already seen how artificial intelligence is revolutionising industries in Africa , and in this issue we’ll talk a closer look at how AI can predict drug side effects, predict the onset of Alzheimer’s and help set the right drug dose in cancer treatments.

Hope you enjoy this issue of The Frontier.

Florent

Can Artificial Intelligence Predict Drug Side Effects?

When people are on multiple medications, it’s difficult to know what adverse events can occur. An experimental AI system called Decagon could change that.

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Google plans to use AI to tackle diseases in Africa

Internet giant Google says it is considering how it can use artificial intelligence (AI) to help doctors in Africa tackle some of the continent’s most pervasive diseases such as malaria and dengue fever.

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Five unique ways AI is being used to promote health

Artificial intelligence is no longer just a futuristic technology. It is now being applied throughout the healthcare arena from imaging to triaging patients. But outside of the mainstream hospital uses, the technology is also be deployed in apps, wearables and trackers.

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Alzheimer's: Artificial intelligence predicts onset

An artificial intelligence tool taught to analyze brain scans can accurately predict Alzheimer’s disease several years before a final diagnosis. Researchers used PET scans to train a deep learning algorithm to predict signs of Alzheimer’s.

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How Artificial Intelligence May Help People with Rheumatoid Arthritis

AI-powered tools such as chatbots can make some aspects of RA treatment easier, but there’s still some skepticism from people with the condition.

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How artificial intelligence can set the perfect drug dose for cancer treatment

A clinical study has shown that optimum dosing can profoundly affect the efficacy and safety of cancer care.

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Bay Labs and Northwestern Medicine launch artificial intelligence-guided ultrasound study

Clinical trial evaluates if AI can help certified medical assistants perform echocardiograms and detect heart disease in primary care settings

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Deep Learning for Medical Imaging Fares Poorly on External Data

A deep learning model trained to identify pneumonia on a contained sample of medical images was unable to achieve the same level of accuracy when let loose on data from external healthcare systems.

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Interesting stuff in the world of AI

The Brief History of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence has been around long before it received its name and was often referred to as machine intelligence with references dating back to the Ancient Greeks.

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How artificial intelligence is changing wildlife research

From analyzing animal photos to combing through YouTube, new AI software is harnessing data never before accessible to scientists.

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By Florent Geerts

The AI Health Frontier covers the latest news on the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare, with a special emphasis on its use in developing markets.

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