Artificial Intelligence: Saving lives in Cardiology? Blog

Artificial Intelligence is a new technology and, for the most part, one of its biggest challenges is just working out how it will be applied. Where it can be used best, most cost-effectively and easiest to gain the best results. Over the last couple of months, we've explored how AI is or will be applied in a wide range of medical markets, from ophthalmology to dentistry to Wound Care and some have started to realise the potential of AI whilst others are still just working it out. In cardiology however, there is a problem which AI can, and will, help with immediately – Atrial Fibrillation (AF). AF is, essentially, an irregular heartbeat which occurs in sporadic'episodes' and is estimated to affect tens of millions of people around the world.