How artificial intelligence can improve medical care

Manuel Trenz Photo: University of Göttingen In medicine, preventive measures and the early identification of diseases often provide the best chances of recovery. One possible application is pulmonary embolism. Pulmonary embolism is a narrowing of a blood vessel in the lung or pulmonary circulation that can lead to a blockage. This is usually caused by a blood clot, or more rarely by gas bubbles or fat. As this condition is potentially life-threatening, it needs to be detected and treated very early on. EVA-KI aims to continuously collect data in clinical practice and to develop algorithms for clinical diagnoses from this data. In doing so, the AI should create a basis which enables a more efficient diagnosis of diseases and in the long term means that more treatment options are available.