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Recent advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) technology have brought on substantial strides in predicting and identifying health emergencies, disease populations, and disease state and immune response, amongst a few. Although, skepticism remains regarding the practical application and interpretation of results from ML-based approaches in healthcare settings, the inclusion of these approaches is increasing at a rapid pace. Here we provide a brief overview of machine learning-based approaches and learning algorithms including supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning along with examples. Second, we discuss the application of ML in several healthcare fields, including radiology, genetics, electronic health records, and neuroimaging. We also briefly discuss the risks and challenges of ML application to healthcare such as system privacy and ethical concerns and provide suggestions for future applications.
Keywords: Machine learning, healthcare, support vector machine, EHR, genomics, artificial intelligence.
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Current Genomics
Title:Machine Learning in Healthcare
Volume: 22 Issue: 4
Author(s): Hafsa Habehh and Suril Gohel*
Affiliation:
- Department of Health Informatics, Rutgers University School of Health Professions, 65 Bergen Street, Newark, NJ 07107,United States
Keywords: Machine learning, healthcare, support vector machine, EHR, genomics, artificial intelligence.
Abstract: Recent advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) technology have brought on substantial strides in predicting and identifying health emergencies, disease populations, and disease state and immune response, amongst a few. Although, skepticism remains regarding the practical application and interpretation of results from ML-based approaches in healthcare settings, the inclusion of these approaches is increasing at a rapid pace. Here we provide a brief overview of machine learning-based approaches and learning algorithms including supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning along with examples. Second, we discuss the application of ML in several healthcare fields, including radiology, genetics, electronic health records, and neuroimaging. We also briefly discuss the risks and challenges of ML application to healthcare such as system privacy and ethical concerns and provide suggestions for future applications.
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Habehh Hafsa and Gohel Suril*, Machine Learning in Healthcare, Current Genomics 2021; 22 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389202922666210705124359
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389202922666210705124359 |
Print ISSN 1389-2029 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-5488 |
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