New artificial intelligence tool 'can detect heart disease at record speed'

A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool being used in the NHS can detect heart disease at record speed, experts say. The computer tool, which mimics human ability but with greater precision and at a faster speed, can analyse heart MRI scans in just 20 seconds while the patient is in the scanner. This is much quicker than the 13 minutes or more it would take for a doctor to manually examine the images after an MRI scan, according to the British Heart Foundation (BHF), which has funded research into the tool. The technique also detects changes to the heart structure and function with 40% higher accuracy and extracts more information than a human can, the BHF said. A new study concluded the technique was more precise at analysing MRIs than the work of three specialist doctors.