Deep Learning, Big Data Projects Hone in Diseases

Major medical centers and technology companies recently announced new projects aimed at harnessing artificial learning to improve detection, diagnosis, treatment, and management of diseases. Google's DeepMind Health, a Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence project, and Moorfields Eye Hospital, a leading center for eye research in London, have teamed up for a five-year project to determine if machine learning can speed up and improve diagnosis of eye diseases by developing machine learning approaches to automatically review eye scans. The deal was announced in July. NVIDIA, the Silicon Valley-based developer of graphics processing unit techniques for use in scientific, engineering, and consumer products, is collaborating with Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston to apply machine learning initially in radiology and pathology, areas rich in images and data. The organizations in April announced they eventually will expand the research into genomics and electronic health records.