Coronavirus

(asked on 10th March 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to use artificial intelligence to analyse lung scans to help diagnose COVID-19.


Answered by
Lord Bethell Portrait
Lord Bethell
This question was answered on 25th March 2020

There are no current plans to use artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse lung scans to diagnose COVID-19.

Most individuals who may contract the virus will not have a chest scan unless they have pre-existing conditions.

NHSX has rapidly established a data and AI team to investigate ways to use artificial intelligence and data to:

- Inform the public and decision makers by providing up to date information and allowing analysis;

- Model the spread of the disease and the impact on interventions using novel data sources;

- Track resources across the medical system to support the efficiency of the response; and

- Help communities to help themselves.

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