How artificial intelligence is making diagnosis faster and more accurate

It addresses the shortage of radiologists and pathologists and frees up doctors to deal with complex cases

At Metropolis Healthcare in Mumbai, 60 per cent of pathology samples are analysed by doctors but, in a glimpse of how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the way we detect and treat disease, around 40 per cent of samples are processed by AI-based platforms.  

AI is helping to diagnose tuberculosis and cancer more accurately. In north-western Rajasthan’s Baran district, tech company Qure.ai teamed with the district hospital to deploy real-time testing of its AI-powered chest X-ray solution.

Reports suggest that there was a 33 per cent increase in the notification rate, and the number of drop-outs of presumptive cases fell