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NIH Grant Funds Machine Learning Tool for Chronic Disease Detection

September 21, 2022 - Digital health vendor Eko received a $2.7 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Direct Phase II grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), funding a machine learning algorithm that will improve chronic disease detection.  Eko said the algorithm detects and stratifies pulmonary hypertension (PH) by using phonocardiogram...

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