AI could help NHS surgeons perform 300 more transplants every year, say UK surgeons

AI could help NHS surgeons perform 300 more transplants every year, say UK surgeons Artificial intelligence could help NHS surgeons perform 300 more transplant operations every year, according to British researchers who have designed a new tool to boost the quality of donor organs.

Currently, medical staff must rely on their own assessments of whether an organ may be suitable for transplanting into a patient. It means some organs are picked that ultimately do not prove successful, while others that might be useful can be disregarded. The Guardian

See also:

• AI picks out transplant organs ‘with much greater accuracy than humans’ The Independent