This Computer Science Research Team Is Using Machine Learning to Give Us Medical Results (Much, Much) Faster

The process, however, can require painstaking and often tedious work from already overburdened healthcare workers. But what if clinicians didn't need hours to analyze imagery? What if machine learning could take a preliminary look for them? "Machine learning is basically a way to use computer algorithms to solve specific types of problems, and in particular, the type of problem where we have lots of examples of what to do," explains Benjamin Mitchell, PhD, an assistant professor of computing science at Villanova University. He likens it to showing algebra students practice problems with provided answers, then assigning them questions to solve themselves.