Artificial Intelligence could help diagnose COVID-19 using X-RAYS

An artificial intelligence programme could be used to more quickly predict the outcome of coronavirus patients by studying X-rays of their chest. Developers at the Oxford-based data-visualisation company, Zegami, have created a machine learning model that can diagnose the virus from the images. However, the team say that in order to get better and more detailed results their AI needs to be trained on a wider range of X-ray images from infected patients. The team believe it could have an artificial intelligence system in place within a matter of weeks to study the disease if it gets enough X-ray images. Zegami CEO, Roger Noble, has written an open letter to the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust asking for more images to train the AI model.