Robotics
A robot has performed laparoscopic surgery on the soft tissue of a pig without the guiding hand of a human—a significant step in robotics toward fully automated surgery on humans. Designed by a team of Johns Hopkins University ...
Jan 26, 2022
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End of life care might be improved with Deep Learning. An AI program in a successful pilot study predicted how long people will live.
Robotics
Some years ago, when Ebola was not in any global news headlines, researchers presented their paper, "Use of Medical Robotics in Biothreat Situations" to an American Medical Informatics Association symposium where they said ...
Machine learning & AI
A new algorithm has been developed by academics at Royal Holloway, University of London, to predict the side effects of drugs before they hit the market by using the same principle by which movies are recommended to users.
Sep 11, 2020
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Security
Hackers are stepping up attacks on health care systems with ransomware in the United States and other countries, creating new risks for medical care as the global coronavirus pandemic accelerates.
Nov 1, 2020
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Computer Sciences
An important aspect of treating patients with conditions like diabetes and heart disease is helping them stay healthy outside of the hospital—before they to return to the doctor's office with further complications.
Jun 19, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Artificial intelligence will never replace a doctor. However, researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have taken a big step toward the day when AI can help physicians predict medical ...
Nov 13, 2019
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Machine learning & AI
Despite major advances in genetics and modern imaging, the diagnosis catches most breast cancer patients by surprise. For some, it comes too late. Later diagnosis means aggressive treatments, uncertain outcomes, and more ...
May 8, 2019
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Security
By late morning on Oct. 28, staff at the University of Vermont Medical Center noticed the hospital's phone system wasn't working.
Dec 4, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Attempts to fix clinical prediction algorithms to make them fair also make them less accurate.
Nov 6, 2020
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