AI tools may help detect health care-associated infections, study finds – ET HealthWorld

AI tools may help detect health care-associated infections, study finds – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies can accurately identify cases of health care-associated infections (HAI) even in complex clinical scenarios, a study has found. The study, published in the American Journal of Infection Control, highlights the need for clear and consistent language when using AI tools for this purpose. The findings also illustrate the potential … Read more

Genotyping can detect COVID variants more rapidly: Lancet study – ET HealthWorld

Genotyping can detect COVID variants more rapidly: Lancet study – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Genotyping technique can detect new variants of SARS-CoV-2 almost a week more quickly than traditional methods, according to a study published in The Lancet Microbe journal. Genotyping is the process of determining differences in the genetic make-up (genotype) of an individual by examining the individual’s DNA sequence using biological assays and comparing it … Read more

New AI tool may help better detect, treat cancers: Study – ET HealthWorld

New AI tool may help better detect, treat cancers: Study – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that interprets medical images with unprecedented clarity and may help clinicians diagnose and better treat cancers that might otherwise go undetected. The tool, called iStar (Inferring Super-Resolution Tissue Architecture), and developed by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, US, provides both highly detailed views … Read more

AI tech to detect breast cancer at 351 health centres – ET HealthWorld

AI tech to detect breast cancer at 351 health centres – ET HealthWorld

Bhopal: Breast cancer survival rates in India remain low and rarely diagnosis and treatment can improve the survival rates. MP health department is looking into computer analysed thermal images to generate an automated interpretation report indicating breast health. A proposal for the project aims to cover 351 community health centres across Madhya Pradesh. Upon medical … Read more

City boy’s app helps detect cataract early – ET HealthWorld

City boy’s app helps detect cataract early – ET HealthWorld

Lucknow: Lucknow boy Eshaan Vasanthkumar, 17, has developed an AI-based app ‘Roshini’ that detects cataract in early stages. The app was introduced during a free eye check-up camp organised by Uttar Pradesh Technical Support Unit and Study Hall on Saturday. A student of Class 12 at Study Hall School, Ehsaan, along with National Health Mission … Read more

Can AI-backed tuberculosis software help detect lung cancer too? – ET HealthWorld

Can AI-backed tuberculosis software help detect lung cancer too? – ET HealthWorld

Mumbai: In 2022, BMC health officials found that an artificial intelligence-backed software detected tuberculosis in some people months before the disease’s tell-tale symptoms such as coughing emerged. Now, Qure.ai, a city-based startup that fitted the AI software in nine BMC hospitals and a mobile van wants to update the programme to detect lung cancer as … Read more

Smartwatches could detect higher risk of heart failure: Study – ET HealthWorld

Smartwatches could detect higher risk of heart failure: Study – ET HealthWorld

Washington: A new study claimed Wearable devices such as smartwatches could be used to detect a higher risk of developing heart failure and irregular heart rhythms in later life. The peer-reviewed study, published in The European Heart Journal — Digital Health, looked at data from 83,000 people who had undergone a 15-second electrocardiogram (ECG) comparable … Read more