[Newsdesk] Research brief

Artificial intelligence can accurately diagnose eye diseases and childhood pneumonia. Using machine learning and convolutional neural networks (computational networks designed to make sense of overlapping, three-dimensional images), an algorithm scanned through pre-existing eye scans and chest x-rays, identified discreet anatomical structures, and assessed them for disease. It could differentiate between viral and bacterial pneumonia with more than 90% accuracy and could detect two common degenerative eye diseases with more than 95% accuracy.

Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - March 22, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Dara Mohammadi Tags: Newsdesk Source Type: research