Combining AI & Wearable Tech to Detect Inflammation

We can do better than PCR tests.

McGill researchers are developing a new world-first AI platform that can accurately predict acute systemic inflammation, an early immune response to viral respiratory tract infections.

By analyzing biometric data from AI wearable tech — a bright ring, a smart watch or a smart shirt — the approach can detect silent signs of infection before people even feel sick.

“By the time an infection is detected based on clinical symptoms or PCR testing, it is generally already well underway. By enabling rapid, personalized and objective early warning of systemic inflammatory events due to viral respiratory infections, our predictive tool gives patients and healthcare providers the chance to intervene early before critical health events occur.”

— Dr. Dennis Jensen

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