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NIH Leverages AI in Medical Imaging Center for COVID-19 Treatment

The medical imaging center will use AI to enable researchers to evaluate tissue and develop predicted coronavirus imaging signatures that can be delivered to healthcare providers.

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By Samantha McGrail

- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently launched a medical imaging center, which leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to fight COVID-19.

The center, called the Medical Imaging and Data Resource (MIDRC), will create new tools that physicians can use for early detection and personalized therapies for coronavirus patients. 

Additionally, MIDRC will lead the development and implementation of new diagnostics, such as machine learning algorithms that will “allow rapid and accurate assessment of disease status and help physicians optimize patient treatment.”