Artificial intelligence creates 3D hearts to predict patient survival

Machine-learning has predicted death risk in people with serious heart disease faster and more accurately than current methods. New software, developed by scientists at Imperial College London, has created virtual 3D hearts of each patient that replicate the way the organ contracts with each beat. Artificial intelligence is able to rapidly learn which features of cardiac function best predict heart failure and death. The system uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the heart together with information from blood tests and other observations. The technology has been tested on patients with pulmonary hypertension, a condition that leads to heart failure if not treated appropriately.