Ever leave a doctor's appointment with more questions than answers? Maybe you've gone through several tests, only to hear that your doctor still isn't sure what's causing your symptoms.That uncertainty can be exhausting, especially when you want answers.
Now, Microsoft says its new artificial intelligence system could help doctors solve some of medicine's toughest diagnostic puzzles.And the early numbers are impressive.In a study published on Oct.
22 in the journal Science, Microsoft's AI diagnostic system correctly identified 83% of complex medical cases, compared with 36% for generalist physicians who could consult reference materials.That's more than twice the accuracy under the study's testing conditions.However, there's an important catch behind those numbers.
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(Microsoft AI)Microsoft calls its technology the MAI Diagnostic Orchestrator, or MAI-DxO.The system uses multiple AI agents that work together much like a panel of doctors discussing a difficult medical case.
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