Medical application of artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI), which includes machine learning, has more and more applications in the medical world. UZ Leuven also contributes to 'smarter' healthcare for the future.  This web page collects all news items about ongoing developments and scientific publications per medical domain. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UZ Leuven news items

21 May 2024
Immunotherapy increases survival rates in kidney cancer, but does not work for everyone. A Leuven research team developed a new method to predict which patients will benefit from it. Their study, published in the journal Nature Medicine, also opens new avenues to even more effective treatments.
4 July 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) can help ophthalmologists recognise glaucoma, the main cause of blindness. Belgian researchers have developed a new AI model and trained it with eye images of patients at UZ Leuven. The algorithm was able to detect glaucoma in 13 external datasets.
23 January 2020
An international research project led by UZ Leuven and the KU Leuven is one of the four shortlisted projects competing for a 35 million euro award of the British Heart Foundation. The objective of the project is to develop smart wearable sensors and other technology for heart diseases.
17 June 2019
ArtiQ, a KU Leuven spin-off company which helps doctors diagnose, treat and monitor respiratory disorders, has concluded its seed financing round with € 1 million. The money will be used to develop a software platform that will be able to quickly and reliably evaluate patients' lung capacity.
12 March 2019
A team of scientists at VIB and KU Leuven developed a machine learning algorithm that can diagnose arthritis in children with almost 90% accuracy, purely on the basis of a blood test. The new findings open the door to the use of machine learning for faster diagnosis and personalised treatment.

Scientific publications per domain

General

Cardiovascular diseasesn

Dentistry

Emergency medicine

Endocrinology

Gastroenterology and hepatology 

Gynaecology and obstetrics 

Imaging

Intensive medicine

Laboratory medicine

Nephrology

Neonatology

Neurology

Neurosurgery

Nuclear medicine

Ophthalmology

Oral, maxillofacial and facial surgery

Otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery

Paediatrics

Pathology 

Physical medicine and rehabilitation

Radiology

Radiotherapy-oncology

Respiratory diseases

Rheumatology

Thoracic surgery

Urology

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Last edit: 24 july 2024