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Pediatrics

AI can detect serious neurologic changes in babies in the NICU using video data alone

A team of clinicians, scientists, and engineers at Mount Sinai trained a deep learning pose-recognition algorithm on video feeds of infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to accurately track their movements and ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Researchers use electronic diagnostic model to predict acute interstitial nephritis in patients

Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine and Yale University have collaborated on the development and application of a diagnostic model to detect acute interstitial nephritis (AIN) in patients, which could have a lasting impact ...

Cardiology

Machine learning assists in predicting risk of stroke

Some patients with advanced heart failure can benefit from the support of a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device (CF-LVAD) to sustain heart function. However, despite improvements in managing complications associated ...

Diabetes

Flagship AI-ready dataset released in type 2 diabetes study

Researchers are releasing the flagship dataset from an ambitious study of biomarkers and environmental factors that might influence the development of type 2 diabetes. Because the study participants include people with no ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Scientists in Japan develop new SARS-CoV-2 variant detection method

Researchers at Kumamoto University have made a significant breakthrough in the fight against COVID-19 with the development of "Intelli-OVI," a cutting-edge diagnostic tool capable of rapidly identifying emerging variants ...

Radiology & Imaging

2008 to 2020 saw more radiologists involved in teaching

From 2008 to 2020, there was an increase in the percentage of U.S. radiologists involved in resident teaching, but teaching radiologists' total workload involving trainees has decreased, according to a study published online ...

Medical economics

AI tool predicts risk of emergency hospital visits

Experts have harnessed the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to more accurately anticipate which patients will require emergency hospital admissions across Scotland.

Obstetrics & gynaecology

A fully automated AI-based system for assessing IVF embryo quality

A new artificial intelligence-based system can accurately assess the chromosomal status of in vitro-fertilized (IVF) embryos using only time-lapse video images of the embryos and maternal age, according to a study from investigators ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Combining large datasets to improve mental health research

More than half of the risk for mental disorders can be attributed to environmental factors such as socioeconomic status, urbanicity, pollution, and climate. Scientists are trying to characterize the impact of these factors ...

Health informatics

Health screenings in underserved populations

Cancer is a leading cause of death among Hispanic people in the U.S., according to the American Cancer Society. Compared to non-Hispanic white people, Hispanic men and women are less likely to be diagnosed with common cancers ...

Oncology & Cancer

AI model that checks for skin cancer shows promise

Scientists in the East of England have developed a way of using artificial intelligence to check for skin cancer, with the AI tool outperforming existing methods in a new study.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Novel app tracks travel-related illnesses

Travelers sometimes pick up more than just memories when they go abroad. Unfortunately, they may also experience health issues brought about by pathogens. Data collected by a novel travel app developed by UZH researchers ...

Radiology & Imaging

Training medical image analysis AI with knowledge, not shortcuts

When human radiologists examine scans, they peer through the lens of decades of training. Extending from college to medical school to residency, the road that concludes in a physician interpreting, say, an X-ray, includes ...