AI Model Estimates Patient’s Age from Chest Radiographs

Key Points:

– Scientists have created an AI model that can accurately estimate a patient’s age using chest radiographs of healthy individuals from various medical facilities.
– The AI model demonstrates a positive relationship between the differences in AI-estimated age and chronological age, and the presence of chronic diseases like hypertension, hyperuricemia, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
– This research opens up possibilities for developing AI biomarkers that can predict life expectancy, gauge the severity of chronic diseases, and even forecast surgery-related risks.

Hot take:

In a world where age is just a number, scientists have found a way to estimate it with chest radiographs. Not only can this AI model accurately guess your age, but it can also predict if you’re dealing with a bag of health issues. Who needs birthdays when you can have an AI bio-marker spilling the tea on your life expectancy and surgery-related risks? Time to say goodbye to those pesky candles on the birthday cake and say hello to the wonders of AI in healthcare.

Original article: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230817164024.htm