Estimation accuracy of the sex estimation AI model developed this time (bar basis: file size of model). Credit: NII The Japanese Ophthalmological Society and the National Institute of Informatics have…
Tag: Health informatics
Generative AI helps to explain human memory and imagination
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Recent advances in generative AI help to explain how memories enable us to learn about the world, relive old experiences and construct totally new experiences for…
New estimate doubles likely deaths from fungal disease globally
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The annual total of deaths from fungal disease worldwide has risen to 3.75 million, double the previous estimate, according to a new study. In a paper,…
Pay-for-performance programs may only exacerbate pre-existing disparities, analysis finds
Credit: MART PRODUCTION from Pexels Racial and ethnic minorities in the United States experience higher rates of chronic disease and premature death compared to their white counterparts. For example, Black…
Just 1 in 12 people survive and leave hospital
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A national research database has revealed stark figures for cardiac arrests in England for 2022. Survival rates remain low, with around 8% patients surviving to 30…
A novel method for lung image registration
Respiratory motion modeling. (The cover picture of Volume 28 Issue 4, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Science). This article was the cover article of that issue.). Credit: Peizhi Chen, Yifan Guo,…
Improving patient safety using principles of aerospace engineering
By viewing the diagnostic laboratory data ecosystem as an integrated system, MIT researchers have identified specific changes that can lead to safer behaviors for health care workers and healthier outcomes…
New protein risk score shows strong clinical utility for predicting death from heart failure
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new protein risk score developed to predict the risk of death for persons with heart failure (HF) has demonstrated good calibration and may help clinicians…
Understanding the downstream procedures and complications associated with lung cancer screening
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A study of more than 9,000 persons screened for lung cancer found that rates of downstream procedures and complications associated with screening are substantially higher in…
Prone positioning does not cut time to weaning in ARDS with VV-ECMO
For patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) undergoing venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO), prone positioning does not decrease the time to successful weaning compared with supine positioning, according…
