Gastroenterology and Artificial Intelligence: 2nd Annual Artificial Intelligence Summit

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In this video, Sravanti Parasa, a gastroenterologist based in Seattle, discusses the applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in gastroenterology. She begins by giving an overview of the concept of AI in medicine, highlighting its slow progress until recent advancements in computer capacity, hardware, and machine learning. Parasa explains that AI is a tool and its use cases in GI are expanding. She focuses on various applications of AI, starting with computer vision, which involves training computers to recognize images. She also discusses the use of electronic health records for risk prediction and patient outcome prediction, as well as the significance of natural language processing (NLP) in analyzing and understanding textual data in healthcare. Parasa mentions speech recognition and AI-powered voice recognition, as well as AI chatbots and AI-powered literature search. She touches on the relevance of omics research and precision medicine in GI, specifically discussing the role of the gut microbiome. Additionally, Parasa mentions the potential of AI-infused smart pills, robots, and the use of virtual reality in gastroenterology. She concludes by posing future queries and inviting further engagement through the ASGE webpage. (Credits: Sravanti Parasa, gastroenterologist based in Seattle)

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Sravanthi Parasa, MD

Keywords

artificial intelligence

gastroenterology

computer vision

electronic health records

natural language processing