{"id":12949,"date":"2019-04-01T08:24:12","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T12:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12949"},"modified":"2019-04-01T08:24:12","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T12:24:12","slug":"training-a-computer-to-read-mammograms-as-well-as-a-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12949","title":{"rendered":"Training A Computer To Read Mammograms As Well As A Doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Richard Harris for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>Regina Barzilay teaches one of the most popular computer science classes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.<\/p>\n<p>And in her research \u2014 at least until five years ago \u2014 she looked at how a computer could use machine learning to read and decipher obscure ancient texts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is clearly of no practical use,&#8221; she says with a laugh. &#8220;But it was really cool, and I was really obsessed about this topic, how machines could do it.&#8221;\u00a0 Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2019\/04\/01\/707675965\/training-a-computer-to-read-mammograms-as-well-as-a-doctor?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=71310714&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9ypziQbvKWXfJ4lVu2XfQXdgOGLdUIfTxkznyzf1dHQP2c5R_X17UVdF5rgpJ0InmxsaCJLnDMRncCq6C-iZHEmSbaIg&amp;_hsmi=71310714\">article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Richard Harris for NPR) Regina Barzilay teaches one of the most popular computer science classes at the Massachusetts Institute<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-medical-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12950,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12949\/revisions\/12950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}