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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 ...

Gerontology & Geriatrics

New clinical model for predicting hip fractures could save lives

Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a clinical model that can accurately predict the risk of hip fractures in the elderly. The model is based on analyses of data from the entire Swedish population and can identify ...

Radiology & Imaging

Enhancing MRI with AI to improve diagnosis of brain disorders

At the intersection of AI and medical science, there is growing interest in using machine learning to enhance imaging data captured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology. Recent studies show that ultra-high-field ...

Oncology & Cancer

An AI-powered pipeline for personalized cancer vaccines

Ludwig Cancer Research scientists have developed a full, start-to-finish computational pipeline that integrates multiple molecular and genetic analyses of tumors and the specific molecular targets of T cells and harnesses ...

Health informatics

Exploring the ethics of AI in health care

As the role of artificial intelligence tools in health care continues to grow, little ethical guidance exists for health care professionals when it comes to notifying patients of how and when such tools are being used, and ...

Pediatrics

Protecting confidentiality in adolescent patient portals

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers found that the possibility of parental disclosure through online patient portals led older adolescents to hesitate in sharing complete health information with doctors, putting them at risk ...

Neuroscience

Brain network models show promise in personalized medicine

A research team from the International Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence at Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, has recently published a comprehensive review in the journal Health Data Science on the application ...