Study finds artificial intelligence may help ease strain on hospitals - ET HealthWorld

Washington: Researchers believe that developing cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) that can quickly and accurately identify lung diseases like pneumonia and tuberculosis could relieve the strain that winter months place on hospitals. Tuberculosis and pneumonia - potentially serious infections which mainly affect the lungs -often require a combination of different diagnostic tests,- such as CT scans, blood tests, X-rays, and ultrasounds. These tests can be expensive, with often lengthy waiting times for results. Developed by UWS, the revolutionary technology - originally created to quickly detect Covid-19 from X-ray images - has been proven to automatically identify a range of different lung diseases in a matter of minutes, with around 98 per cent accuracy. UWS researcher Professor Naeem Ramzan said: "Systems such as this could prove to be crucial for busy medical teams worldwide."