AI in medicine: new approach for more efficient diagnostics

Researchers have developed a new AI tool that uses imaging data to also detect less frequent diseases of the gastrointestinal tract

28-Oct-2024 - Already used in many areas of medicine, AI has tremendous potential when it comes to helping doctors diagnose diseases with the help of imaging data. However, AI models have to be trained with large numbers of examples, which are generally available in sufficient quantities only for common ...

Artificial intelligence recognizes heart disease by the sound of the voice

AI from a Berlin start-up is used for this purpose

06-Mar-2024 - Researchers at Charité's German Heart Center and the Mayo Clinic in the USA are conducting a new study to find out how patients with advanced heart failure can be monitored telemedically using the sound of their voice. Artificial intelligence from a Berlin start-up is being used for this. "Once ...

Diagnostics, meet CRISPR

15-Apr-2020 - A new diagnostic test to quickly and easily monitor kidney transplant patients for infection and rejection relies on a simple urine sample and a powerful partner: the gene-editing technology CRISPR. Michael Kaminski, who developed it, leads a new Emmy Noether Group at the MDC & Charité. The ...

Researchers develop first diagnostic test for novel coronavirus in China

17-Jan-2020 - Researchers from the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have developed a new laboratory assay to detect the novel Chinese coronavirus. The assay protocol has now been published by WHO as a guideline for diagnostic detection. The new assay enables ...

How Artificial Intelligence Detects Rare Diseases

11-Jun-2019 - Every year, around half a million children worldwide are born with a rare hereditary disease. Obtaining a definitive diagnosis can be difficult and time consuming. In a study of 679 patients with 105 different rare diseases, scientists from the University of Bonn and the Charité - ...

New diagnostic method identifies genetic diseases

PhenIX can identify genetic diseases quickly and reliably based on analyses of genes and symptoms

19-Sep-2014 - People with genetic diseases often have to embark on an odyssey from one doctor to the next. Fewer than half of all patients who are suspected of having a genetic disease actually receive a satisfactory diagnosis. Scientists from the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Max Planck ...