Around 200 of the subjects had been previously diagnosed with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation – abnormal heartbeat. The DNN then separated this data from the rest.

The DNN was then pitted against in-hospital cardioversions –a process that restores normal heartbeat to patients with arrhythmia. On analyzing data from heart patients about to undergo treatment and according to the study, it was found a 97 percent accuracy in the device’s reports of abnormal heartbeat. Each subject wore the device for 20 minutes before and after cardioversion… More at IBT.

That’s the future right there.

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