Unsupervised artificial intelligence predicts COVID-19 progression, survival rates based on

Massachusetts General Hospital scientists have helped create an unsupervised artificial intelligence system they say can predict patients’ COVID-19 progression and risk of death based on chest CT images.

Those involved said the deep learning algorithm can provide higher prognostic performance than established lab tests and even pinpoint when a patient might require intensive care. Scientist Hiroyuki Yoshida, PhD, and colleagues believe their AI system could prove useful in addressing further facets of the pandemic and beyond.

“Issues such as long COVID, the Delta variant, or generalization of the model to other diseases manifested in medical images are promising applications of this unsupervised AI model,” Yoshida, Mass General’s director of 3D imaging research, said in an Aug. 30 announcement from the Boston-based institution.

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