AI-based system identifies right recipient for kidney transplant with 80% accuracy

Artificial Intelligence can now answer a question that experienced transplant surgeons haven’t been able to — how long a transplanted kidney can survive in arecipient.

On Monday, UK-based University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust announced it has successfully developed OrganPredict, an open-source web application, through international collabo- rations with Coventry University and other organisations, including Chennai-based NGO Mohan Foundation.

“We now have two AI-based algorithms developed using transplant databases from the US and UK — one each for living and deceased donors. These algorithms can help doctors and patients identify the right recipient for every kidney they transplant,” said Mohan Foundation managing trustee Dr Sunil Shroff…Readmore