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How Can Doctors Be Sure A Self-Taught Computer Is Making The Right Diagnosis?
by Richard Harris April 1, 2019Enlarge this image Amir Kiani (from left), Chloe O’Connell and Nishit Asnani troubleshoot an algorithm to diagnose tuberculosis in computer lab at…
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Enlarge this image “I was really surprised how primitive information technology is in the hospitals,” says Regina Barzilay, a professor at the…
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When Scientists Develop Products From Personal Medical Data, Who Gets To Profit?
by Richard Harris May 31, 2018Enlarge this image Katherine Streeter for NPR Katherine Streeter for NPR If you go to the hospital for medical treatment and scientists…
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For Some Hard-To-Find Tumors, Doctors See Promise In Artificial Intelligence
by Richard Harris May 30, 2018Enlarge this image A team at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore is developing a tumor-detecting algorithm for detecting pancreatic cancer. But first,…
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Enlarge this image Researchers at the Allen Institute for Cell Science in Seattle used artificial intelligence to study and learn from images…
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Enlarge this image Sara Wong for NPR Sara Wong for NPR Welcome to Invisibilia Season 4! The NPR program and podcast explores…
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With great technology comes great risk; hospital administrators and staff have been coming to terms with this parallel for the last couple…