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Doctors develop AI stethoscope that can detect major heart conditions in 15 seconds | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian

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Upgraded medical tool has ability to diagnose heart failure, heart valve disease and abnormal heart rhythms Doctors have successfully developed an artificial intelligence-led stethoscope that can detect three heart conditions in 15 seconds. Invented in 1816, the traditional stethoscope – used to listen to sounds within the body – has been a vital part of every medic’s toolkit for more than two centuries. Now a team have designed a hi-tech upgrade with AI capabilities that can diagnose heart failure, heart valve disease and abnormal heart rhythms almost instantly. The new stethoscope developed by researchers at Imperial College London and Imperial College healthcare NHS trust can analyse tiny differences in heartbeat and blood flow undetectable to the human ear, and take a rapid ECG at the same time. Details of the breakthrough, which could boost early diagnosis of the three conditions, were presented to thousands of doctors at the European Society of Cardiology annual congress in Madri

Patients examined using the AI stethoscope were twice as likely to be diagnosed with heart failure compared with those not examined using the technology. Photograph: Imperial College London View image in fullscreen Patients examined using the AI stethoscope were twice as likely to be diagnosed with heart failure compared with those not examined using the technology. Photograph: Imperial College London AI (artificial intelligence) This article is more than 10 months old Doctors develop AI stethoscope that can detect major heart conditions in 15 seconds This article is more than 10 months old Up

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