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Update 28; More on artificial intelligence.

Molly's Missing ViewsENG, United Kingdom
Aug 21, 2024

The following is taken from Guy's and St Thomas' Specialist Care, Healthcare Innovations in fetal cardiology news page.  AI "machine learning" appears to have been "fully translated into clinical practice" since 2019.      

"Artificial intelligence to help identify heart disease;
Our consultant fetal cardiologists at Evelina London and at our university academic partner Kings College London have developed “machine learning” technology, which helps detect irregularities in the heart structure, which may indicate a heart problem in the baby.

To “train” the machine, our consultants pass thousands of heart ultrasound images through a computerised network multiple times, and the “machine learning” gets better each time at telling the difference between images. When the network identifies a heart with a different appearance, our consultants can review the scan in further specific detail.

While the technology does not remove the need for human review, “using artificial intelligence offers a quicker way to scan for heart irregularities. We can save seven minutes when compared to a standard, manual scan,” says Dr Thomas Day, paediatric and fetal cardiologist at Evelina London."

https://guysandstthomasspecialistcare.co.uk/news/healthcare-innovations-fetal-cardiology/ 

 

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