Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Healthcare

Book excerpt: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Healthcare discusses the potential of groundbreaking technologies on the delivery of care. A lot have been said about how artificial intelligence and machine learning can improve healthcare, however there are still many doubts and concerns among health professionals, all of which are addressed in this book. Sections cover History and Basic Overview of AI and ML, with differentiation of supervised, unsupervised and deep learning, Applications of AI and ML in Healthcare, The Future of Healthcare with AI, Challenges to Adopting AI in Healthcare, and ethics and legal processes for implementation.This book is a valuable resource for bioinformaticians, clinicians, graduate students and several members of biomedical field who needs to get up to speed on the revolutionary role of AI and Machine Learning in healthcare. - Provides an overview of AI and ML to the medical practitioner who may not be well versed in these fields - Encompasses a thorough review of what has been accomplished and demonstrated recently in the fields of AI and ML in healthcare - Discusses the future of AI and ML in healthcare, with a review of possible wearable technology and software and how they may be used for medical care