AI from Saudi Arabia helps diagnose post-Covid lung problems – The National

AI from Saudi Arabia helps diagnose post-Covid lung problems – The National

A new computer-aided diagnostic tool could help to overcome some of the challenges of monitoring lung health after viral infection, scientists believe.

The method, developed by Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Kaust), is known as deep-lung parenchyma-enhancing (DLPE). It overlays artificial intelligence algorithms on top of standard chest imaging data, which reveals otherwise indiscernible visual features indicative of lung dysfunction.

Through DLPE augmentation, “radiologists can discover and analyse novel sub-visual lung lesions”, Kaust computer scientist and computational biologist Xin Gao said. “Analysis of these lesions could then help explain patients’ respiratory symptoms,” allowing for better disease management and treatment, he said.