German researchers invented artificial intelligence that can spot heart attacks at same level as human cardiologists

Briefing

German researchers invented artificial intelligence that can spot heart attacks at same level as human cardiologists

July 3, 2018

Briefing

  • AI Cardiologist – German researchers from Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute and University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstei developed neural network that can detect signs of heart attacks
  • Training Dataset – Trained and tested AI on database of 148 electrocardiogram (ECG) records from patients that have experienced heart attacks and 52 healthy subjects
  • At Par with Humans – AI found to be better than state-of-the-art approaches and at par with human cardiologists

Accelerator

Sector

Healthcare/Health Sciences

Organization

Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstei

Source

Original Publication Date

July 2, 2018

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