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AI Enables Rapid COVID-19 Lung Imaging Analysis at UCSD Health

Chest X-rays from a patient with COVID-19 pneumonia, original x-ray (left) and AI-for-pneumonia result (right). Patient has a pacemaker device and an enlarged heart, which indicates that the AI algorithm is powerful enough to work even when the patient has underlying health issues.

By Heather Buschman, PhD. For most patients who have died of COVID-19, the pandemic disease caused by a novel coronavirus, the ultimate cause of death was pneumonia, a condition in which inflammation and fluid buildup make it difficult to breathe….
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Video: UC Health IT Responds Now to COVID-19

Webinar: UC Health IT Responds Now to COVID-19

Two UC medical doctors and health CIOs recently hosted a webinar on UC Health IT innovations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The presenters were: Dr. Christopher Longhurst, CIO and associate CMO, UC San Diego Health, and clinical professor of…
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Women in Tech Form a Systemwide Committee, Build a Movement

By Jessica Hilt. The University of California Women in Technology Committee (UC WIT) monthly call is about to start on Zoom. Faces pop up across the screen as women greet each other and catch up on weather, pets, and…
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Register for UCSD’s Cultured Data Symposium

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On February 7 and 8, UC San Diego will host the Cultured Data Symposium, bringing together experts from data science and the arts and humanities to examine the emerging relationship between data and culture. The symposium will feature two keynote…
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Register for the Information Practices Conference, Jan. 28, at UCSD

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Registration is now open for the 2020 Information Practices Conference to be held January 28, 2020, at UC San Diego. The registration deadline is January 21. People from all UC locations are welcome to attend. This year’s theme is…
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