Artificial Intelligence: A Potential Platform for Breast Cancer Diagnosis

by Berkeley Scientific2020, BSJ Blog, Fall 2020Posted on No Comments

By Liane Albarghouthi When you hear of artificial intelligence, what first comes to mind? You may not immediately jump to breast cancer screenings — but with the developments of exciting technologies, this seemingly unlikely pairing is within reach. Now, scientists are unraveling trailblazing artificial intelligence applications throughout a vast range of fields — including cancer …

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A new partnership: deep learning and the path to Alzheimer’s diagnostic medicine

by Berkeley Scientific2020, BSJ Blog, Spring 2020Posted on No Comments

By Liane Albarghouthi Nowadays, you can unlock your phone just by glancing at the screen thanks to cutting-edge facial recognition biometrics. Just as infrared lights in your iPhone scan your face to unlock your phone or authorize tasks, scientists have echoed this concept into technology that can further our understanding of one of humanity’s most …

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Revolutionizing healthcare: one block at a time

by Berkeley ScientificFall 2019Posted on No Comments

by Liane Albarghouthi Disruption is in the DNA of technological revolutions.  Today, the dominating disruptive force in question is blockchain technology. Blockchain is a decentralized, ever-growing, time-stamped list of immutable data. Conceived by a group under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, blockchain originally served as the transaction database for one of the most notorious cryptocurrencies currently …

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