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Facebook Wants To Use Machine Learning To Make MRIs Faster
Facebook believes they can use machine learning to speed up magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. Computer scientists from the social networking site are working with New York University's medical school on the project. CNNMoney reports: NYU is providing an anonymous dataset of 10,000 MRI exams, a trove that will include as many as three million images of knees, brains and livers. Researchers will use the data to train an algorithm, using a method called deep learning, to recognize the arrangement of bones, muscles, ligaments, and other things that make up the human body. Building this knowledge into the software that powers an MRI machine will allow the AI to create a portion of the image, saving time. Making the tests faster would allow radiologists to perform a wider variety of tests.
It will probably misdiagnose the conservative ones...
hipaa says no!
No, this idea is dead on arrival.
As a patient, if I discovered my doctor was using a "best guess" image, which let's face it, that is what this is, I would transfer hospitals instantly.
By using the Facebook MRI Scanning Technology, you agree that your MRI scan will be posted to your Timeline once the scan is complete. You also agree that Facebook may retain a copy of the scan for future use and we may share it with our business partners and affiliated companies for educational and marketing purposes. Or you can opt-out, and possibly die. Do you agree?
In any case I really wish FB would stay the f*ck away from MRIs or anything medical, really.
If construction was anything like programming, an incorrectly fitted lock would bring down the entire building...
No, this idea is dead on arrival.
As a patient, if I discovered my doctor was using a "best guess" image, which let's face it, that is what this is, I would transfer hospitals instantly.
Having had a brain MRI a couple of months ago to rule out a tumor causing the nerve problem with my right eye, I completely agree with you. The Ophthalmologist I went to first set it up, and the imaging people then reported no tumor or other problems found. My Ophthalmologist then sent me to see a Neuro-Ophthalmologist at Jefferson University Hospital, where they in turn did their own evaluation of the image, just to make absolutely sure that it had been read correctly the first time. While the eye problem (right eye outside muscle isn't working, there's a blood clot in the vein that feeds the nerve) is annoying with a turned inwards right eye, it's really nice to know that I don't have any tumors or other bad problems in my brain.
How is Facebook making money off of this
They will not do ANYTHING out of the goodness of their (lack) of heart.
The millennial that doesn't like most of the stuff designed for millennials.
Anytime anyone wants to train an AI system its always medical images. I did this as my undergrad final year project almost 20 years back. Sure the algos are probably better now but there is something about Medical Images which makes it satisfying for young idealist students to use for their project. Once the algo is perfected it can also be used for Face detection in kegger pictures.
Facebook has a big problem. The govt is asking them to police offensive images. They cannot hire enough humans to do it so they need AI.
**Life is too short to be serious**
Yeah, I want to know what their ulterior motives are in this enterprise. I don't buy it being solely for "opportunities to license AI software to hospitals" for a second.