This is a fantastic development, since many of the low hanging problems in healthcare are caused by human error.
From Wired:
“What had taken Patient Number Two’s doctors 16 years to find took Face2Gene just a few minutes. Face2Gene takes advantage of the fact that so many genetic conditions have a tell-tale “face”—a unique constellation of features that can provide clues to a potential diagnosis. It is just one of several new technologies taking advantage of how quickly modern computers can analyze, sort, and find patterns across huge reams of data. They are built in fields of artificial intelligence known as deep learning and neural nets—among the most promising to deliver AI’s 50-year old promise to revolutionize medicine by recognizing and diagnosing disease.”
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