People with no formal training are scanning hearts in remote areas using software that guides them through the potentially life-saving procedure. But can they produce the same results as a specialist?
First Nations Australians are three times more likely than the general population to die from a heart condition, and the rate is even higher for people living in remote parts of the country.
The artificial intelligence program tells the ultrasound operator how to get a usable picture of a heart. Professor Tom Marwick says AI software could potentially be more reliable than humans in diagnosing ultrasound images. "If you think about the patients that are having these scans at the moment, the normal pathway for them would be either to travel to a city to have the test done, or to wait until the visiting group come by perhaps once a month," he said.Professor Marwick said the trial was examining whether the images gathered using the AI technology were of the same quality as traditionally gathered pictures, and if they were failing to identify any health problems.
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