Artificial intelligence can predict how long patients will live

Using medical imaging of 48 patients, artificial intelligence developed by researchers at the University of Adelaide was able to predict patient lifespans. The technology analysed radiological chest scans, looking for patterns to predict which of the patients would die within five years. The AI was able to predict death with a 69 percent accuracy in recently published results, the same as a trained human oncologist, and the researchers say an updated version of the technology is even more successful. We spoke with one of the study's authors, epidemiologist Lyle Palmer, to learn more. ResearchGate: What inspired this technology?