Tuesday 19 June 2018

AI is acquiring a sense of smell that can detect illnesses in human breath

UK innovation: 
AI is acquiring a sense of smell that can detect illnesses in human breath 
(health, cancer, diagnosis)

Loughborough University’s data science team are adapting the latest artificial intelligence technology to perceive and learn a different type of data: the chemical compounds in breath samples. Mathematical models inspired by the brain, called deep learning networks, were specifically engineered to “read” the traces left by odours.

Computers equipped with this technology only take minutes to autonomously analyse a breath sample that previously took hours by a human expert. Effectively, AI is making the whole process cheaper – but above all it is making it more reliable. Even more interestingly, this intelligent software acquires knowledge and improves over time as it analyses more samples. As a result, the method is not restricted to any particular substance. Using this technique, deep learning systems can be trained to detect small amounts of volatile compounds with potentially wide applications in medicine, forensics, environmental analysis and others.

AI is acquiring a sense of smell that can detect illnesses in human breath

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