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AI is helping to diagnose tuberculosis and cancer more accurately

Sohini Das
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

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