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Geisinger Health System researchers created a computer algorithm that uses echocardiogram videos of the heart, which could help it predict a person s death chance within a year.
New AI Algorithm Better Predicts Mortality Risk of Patients
Written by AZoRoboticsFeb 9 2021
At Geisinger, scientists have discovered that a computer algorithm trained with echocardiogram videos of the heart has the ability to predict mortality within a year.
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The algorithm is an example of the so-called machine learning, or artificial intelligence (AI), and was found to be better than other clinically used predictors, such as the Seattle Heart Failure score and pooled cohort equations. The study findings have been reported in
Nature Biomedical Engineering.
We were excited to find that machine learning can leverage unstructured datasets such as medical images and videos to improve on a wide range of clinical prediction models.
Researchers at Geisinger have found that a computer algorithm developed using echocardiogram videos of the heart can predict mortality within a year.
The algorithm an example of what is known as machine learning, or artificial intelligence (AI) outperformed other clinically used predictors, including pooled cohort equations and the Seattle Heart Failure score.