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A new smartphone application uses artificial intelligence to detect depression from facial cues, opening the door to real-time digital mental health support, a new research paper reports.
<p style="text-align:start">Dartmouth researchers report they have developed a prototype for the first smartphone application that uses artificial intelligence paired with facial-image processing software to reliably detect the onset of depression. The app, called MoodCapture, uses a phone’s front camera to capture a person's facial expressions and surroundings during regular use, then evaluates the images for clinical cues associated with depression.</p>
Bioethicists, doctors and lawyers are weighing whether to redefine how someone should be declared dead. A change in criteria for brain death could have wide-ranging implications for patients' care.
Bioethicists, doctors and lawyers are weighing whether to redefine how someone should be declared dead. A change in criteria for brain death could have wide-ranging implications for patients' care.
Bioethicists, doctors and lawyers are weighing whether to redefine how someone should be declared dead. A change in criteria for brain death could have wide-ranging implications for patients' care.