Listen up: AI stethoscopes sound out heart disease better than humans


The best-known medical tool from the doctor's practice looks set to get a major reinvention in the AI era. — Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa

LONDON: As the old saying almost goes, you wait ages for a study on artificial intelligence-enabled stethoscopes and then lo and behold, two come along almost at once.

Published within a week of each other in early February, the two papers show how AI can at least supplement or even outdo doctors when it comes to potentially life-saving early detection of heart disease.

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