JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH | CAN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BE USED TO DIAGNOSE INFLUENZA?
TORONTO and PHILADELPHIA, March 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- JMIR Publications published "Examining the Use of an Artificial Intelligence Model to Diagnose Influenza: Development and Validation Study" in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, which reported that it may be possible to diagnose influenza infection by applying deep learning to pharyngeal images given that influenza primarily infects the upper respiratory system.
- These authors aimed to develop a deep learning model to diagnose influenza infection using pharyngeal images and clinical information.
- In the training stage, the authors developed a diagnostic prediction artificial intelligence (AI) model based on deep learning to predict polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-confirmed influenza from pharyngeal images and clinical information.
- This process led to the development of the first AI model that can accurately diagnose influenza.
- Dr Okiyama and the research team concluded in their JMIR Publications Research Article , "we developed the first AI-assisted diagnostic camera for influenza and prospectively validated its high performance.