Chinese doctors are using AI to help them diagnose Covid-19 patients. Photo: AFP Chinese doctors are using AI to help them diagnose Covid-19 patients. Photo: AFP
Chinese doctors are using AI to help them diagnose Covid-19 patients. Photo: AFP
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Coronavirus: Chinese supercomputer uses artificial intelligence to diagnose patients from chest scans

  • System analyses hundreds of images in seconds, then advises doctors what to do next
  • China has offered free use of the machine around the world, but US Centres for Disease Control says it does not recommend using scans to diagnose Covid-19

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Stephen Chen
Stephen Chen in Beijing

Updated: 12:13am, 14 Mar, 2020

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Chinese doctors are using AI to help them diagnose Covid-19 patients. Photo: AFP Chinese doctors are using AI to help them diagnose Covid-19 patients. Photo: AFP
Chinese doctors are using AI to help them diagnose Covid-19 patients. Photo: AFP
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