Artificial Intelligence Is Being Used To Diagnose Disease And Design New Drugs

The healthcare industry has always been a leader in innovation. The constant mutating of diseases and viruses makes it difficult to stay ahead of the curve, but with the help of artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms, it continues to advance, creating new treatments and helping people live longer and healthier lives. A study published this week by The Lancet Digital Health compared the performance of deep learning--a form of artificial intelligence (AI)--in detecting diseases from medical imaging versus that of healthcare professionals, using a sample of studies carried out between 2012 and 2019. The study found that, in the past few years, AI has become more accurate of identifying disease diagnosis in these images and has become a more viable source of diagnostic information. According to the researchers, out of 14 studies that compared deep learning models and healthcare professionals within the same sample, the diagnostic performances were found to be equivalent.