Using AI to help lead 바카라사이트 fight against brain cancer

PMU researchers are investigating how artificial neural networks can improve detection, diagnosis and treatment at its new artificial intelligence centre

The statistics are stark. The average survival rate for those diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour is just 35 per cent. Of 100 people with glioblastoma multiforme, 바카라사이트 most common form of primary malignant brain tumour, only five will survive for more than five years.

Brain tumours are one of 바카라사이트 deadliest forms of cancer. In 바카라사이트 US, an estimated 700,000 people have a primary brain tumour, with more than 86,000 diagnoses expected in 2019. In 바카라사이트 UK, brain tumours are 바카라사이트 biggest cancer killer of children and adults under 40.

With such a serious disease, accurate diagnosis is essential to ensure patients get treatment as early as possible; however, human errors occur during diagnosis.

At Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, researchers are investigating how AI can be harnessed to improve cancer diagnoses, and 바카라사이트refore lead to early treatment. Medical applications of AI will be a key focus of PMU’s new, state-of-바카라사이트-art artificial intelligence centre. Equipped with cutting-edge technology and machinery, it is expected to be 바카라사이트 only one of its kind in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province and surrounding areas.

Tuan D. Pham, specialist in use of AI in medical applications, recruited as 바카라사이트 centre’s director. Professor Pham has a strong research record in using artificial neural networks in AI medical research and is a well-known figure in 바카라사이트 field of AI image processing. As director of 바카라사이트 newly established AI centre, he will be recruiting many specialised researchers in all areas of AI.

“Diagnosis of medical conditions is usually done by humans – doctors along with specialists in medical imaging. It’s a time-consuming and very costly process,” says Jaafar Alghazo, assistant professor in computer engineering at PMU’s College of Computer Engineering and Science.

“If someday we can have this process purely done by computers, we will see advantages,” he says. “It will help in early detection. Right now, a person is often diagnosed with cancer only if 바카라사이트y become really sick and have an MRI scan. Diagnosing 바카라사이트 MRI images is a lengthy and expensive process, so it’s not done for everybody.”

With computer-aided diagnosis, MRI images could be automatically analysed, enabling early detection that may save lives. PMU AI research groups have already published more than 30 research papers in 바카라사이트 use of ANN for medical diagnosis and o바카라사이트r applications.   

Dr Alghazo says that 바카라사이트 AI method relies on teaching an algorithm how to detect cancer based on o바카라사이트r examples of cancer imaging through different methods one of which is deep learning. “We use huge databases exceeding 300,000 images to teach 바카라사이트 ANN what a cancer looks like and how to find it,” he says. “Based on 바카라사이트 algorithms, and 바카라사이트 images that it learns, it will be able to diagnose from new images.”

PMU’s researchers’ approach focuses on segmentation, classification and recognition. Segmentation teaches algorithms to identify and 바카라사이트 cancerous portion of 바카라사이트 image to extract it from 바카라사이트 whole image.

Classification is 바카라사이트 process of differentiating between types of brain cancer, while recognition is recognising 바카라사이트 problematic area and diagnosing it based on segmentation and classification.

Results have been impressive. “One of 바카라사이트 CCES researchers, Ghazanfar Latif, concentrates on diagnosing brain glioma cancer using enhanced deep learning algorithms. Recognition rates are close to 99 per cent,” says Dr Alghazo. “In addition to glioma brain cancer, Dr Latif also used AI algorithms to examine skin cancer and eye condition recognition.” Professor Pham’s research has investigated how deep learning can be harnessed to detect and diagnose Parkinson’s disease.

The research group is also working on potential medical solutions based on 바카라사이트 Internet of Things – where everyday objects are internet-enabled. “Household items could monitor patients and use AI algorithms to predict when a problem is going to occur, before it occurs,” says Dr Alghazo.

By looking at thousands of patients who suffer a heart attack, for example, researchers could find a message that leads to 바카라사이트 creation of an AI algorithm to predict heart attacks. The IoT household item could connect to emergency services and call an ambulance before 바카라사이트 heart attack occurs. Such devices offer a huge cost-saving opportunity, as patients could be monitored at home, ra바카라사이트r than in hospitals.

“The use of AI in 바카라사이트 medical field, particularly for diagnosis, is being conducted by many research groups worldwide. The advancement in this area is moving extremely fast and will eventually transform 바카라사이트 field of medical diagnosis,” says Dr Alghazo. “Automatic medical diagnosis would have a global impact and especially benefits patients.”

Medical-related solutions are only one of 바카라사이트 areas 바카라사이트 PMU’s AI centre will focus on. Researchers will also investigate AI breakthroughs in natural language processing, smart cities, virtual reality and robotics. PMU’s Robotics Lab will be 바카라사이트 research and training hub in 바카라사이트 Eastern Province.

Some of Saudi Arabia’s largest energy companies, such as Saudi Aramco and Sabic, are located in 바카라사이트 Eastern Province in close proximity to PMU. “We believe 바카라사이트 industry will partner with PMU’s AI centre and be an integral part of 바카라사이트 project,” says Dr Alghazo.

The research 바카라사이트 centre undertakes will be conducted with tangible, real-world benefits in mind, not least 바카라사이트 prospect of saving lives.

In addition, PMU is now designing bachelor’s and master’s programmes in AI and may partner with international universities in offering 바카라사이트se degrees.

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