New AI system can predict your death: Study
Scientists have developed a new artificial intelligence system that can predict how long a person will live simply by looking at the images of their organs.
The system, developed by researchers from University of Adelaide in Australia, analysed the medical imaging of 48 patients’ chests and was able to predict which of them would die within five years, with 69 per cent accuracy.
This is comparable to ‘manual’ predictions by clinicians, researchers said.
The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, has implications for the early diagnosis of serious illness and medical intervention.
“Predicting the future of a patient is useful because it may enable doctors to tailor treatments to the individual,” said Luke Oakden-Rayner, PhD student at the University of Adelaide.
“The accurate assessment of biological age and the prediction of a patient’s longevity has so far been limited by doctors’ inability to look inside the body and measure the health of each organ,” said Oakden-Rayner.
“Our research has investigated the use of ‘deep learning’, a technique where computer systems can learn how to understand and analyse images,” he said.
“Although for this study only a small sample of patients was used, our research suggests that the computer has learnt to recognise the complex imaging appearances …read more
