Researchers discover deep learning model to maximise lifespan after liver transplant ANI | Updated: Apr 13, 2021 07:27 IST Toronto [Canada], April 13 (ANI): Researchers from University Health Network have developed and validated an innovative deep learning model to predict a patient's long-term outcome after receiving a liver transplant. This model is the result of a collaboration between the Ajmera Transplant Centre and Peter Munk Cardiac Centre. The study, published in Lancet Digital Health, shows it can significantly improve long-term survival and quality of life for liver transplant recipients. "Historically, we have seen good advances in one-year post-transplant outcomes, but survival in the longer term has not significantly improved in the past decades," said Dr Mamatha Bhat, a hepatologist with the Ajmera Transplant Centre at UHN and co-senior author of the study.