This shows that we are more well-equipped than the past to fight this infection, with all the advancements that we have in this era.
Detecting COVID-19 with AI
Chest X-rays are one way to detect the infection triggered by the novel coronavirus in lungs. But the x-rays alone cannot suffice for the evidence of COVID-19.
Due to the dissimilarity in chest image findings, the x-ray cannot be solely used for detection, but with the support of AI, the hyper-data processing can improve the imagery significantly, making it possible to use the results for conclusive diagnosis.
According to a data scientist, Alex Wong:
"The hope is that the AI can help radiologists to more rapidly and accurately differentiate between COVID-19 infections and other forms of infections, and more importantly, reduce the burden for radiologists but enabling other front-line health workers with less expertise to better make diagnosis,"
Final Thoughts
Once the pandemic is over, and we make our way out of it, we would have created a world, which is far better to deal with future outbreaks.
One country that has achieved the highest standard in doing this is South Korea, which has already faced two huge health crises in the present century, SARS and MERS.
According to Nuria Oliver, a Ph.D. holding-data scientist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology:
"One of the actions South Korea implemented in the wake of past health crises was to digitally prepare for the possibility of a third epidemic. When the coronavirus struck, they already had the infrastructures that many other countries lacked, infrastructures which have probably played a key role in helping them keep the disease at bay,"
The availability and development of breakthrough technologies, along with extraordinary minds in the industry is what gives the world a beacon of hope, that we will be out of this sooner than later.
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