Media Inquiries Name Roberto Molar Candanosa Email [email protected] Office phone 443-997-0258 Cell phone 443-938-1944Artificial intelligence can spot COVID-19 in lung ultrasound images much like facial recognition software can spot a face in a crowd, new research shows. The findings boost AI-driven medical diagnostics and bring health care professionals closer to being able to quickly diagnose patients with COVID-19 and other pulmonary diseases with algorithms that comb through ultrasound images to identify signs of disease. Tiffany Fong Assistant professor, Johns Hopkins Medicine "What we are doing here with AI tools is the next big frontier for point of care." "What we are doing here with AI tools is the next big frontier for point of care," Fong said. The AI analyzes ultrasound lung images to spot features known as B-lines, which appear as bright, vertical abnormalities and indicate inflammation in patients with pulmonary complications.
