Category: diagnosis

FDA allows new coronavirus testing tech before it gets emergency approval

Post author By Randall
Post date February 29, 2020
Categories In coronavirus, covid-19, diagnosis, fda, gear, health, medicine, Tech

[ad_1] There’s currently just one emergency authorization for COVID-19 in use by the CDC and public health labs, the FDA added. Early US tests were hurt by kits that included a bad reagent that rendered the tests ineffective. To some degree, this is damage control. On top of the problems with early tests, there have […]

Microsoft backs AI in healthcare with a $40 million program

Post author By Randall
Post date January 29, 2020
Categories In Ai, ai for health, Artificial Intelligence, diagnosis, disease, gear, health, healthcare, medicine, Microsoft, Tech, treatment, Video

[ad_1] The money will go toward a mix of nonprofits, researchers, industry pros and governments, giving partners access to AI and cloud tools, Microsoft data scientists and “select” cash grants. Existing projects aim to improve the understanding of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, boost efforts to fight leprosy, upgrade tools to limit preventable blindness and widen […]

Google trained its AI to predict lung cancer

Post author By Randall
Post date May 20, 2019
Categories In Ai, ct scan, detection, diagnosis, Google, health, lung cancer, medicine, prediction, screening, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] To screen for lung cancer, radiologists typically view hundreds of images from a single CT scan. With this new AI model, Google can generate an overall lung cancer malignancy prediction and identify subtle malignant tissue, or lung nodules, which are often difficult to see. The AI also factors in previous scans, which can help […]