Artificial intelligence makes its way into health care on the Central Coast

Tenet Health Central Coast is now using new technology in conjunction with an application that will help health workers diagnose and respond more quickly to patients suffering from a stroke. The application, called Viz.ai, is used by the stroke response team at Tenet Health Central Coast hospitals. The application uses artificial intelligence technology to send an instant chat to the stroke response team, saving five steps during the initial response to a stroke after a patient undergoes a CT scan. Viz.ai uses advanced imaging technology to automatically analyze CT perfusion images of the brain. Those images produce parametric color maps and calculate CT perfusion parameters that then notifies the neurologist of the diagnosis.