Medical Xpress September 17, 2024
Big data and artificial intelligence are transforming how we think about health, from detecting diseases and spotting patterns to predicting outcomes and speeding up response times.
In a new study analyzing two million Google Street View images from New York City streets, a team of New York University researchers evaluated the utility of this digital data in informing public health decision-making. Their findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, show how relying on street view images alone may lead to inaccuracies and misguided interventions, but combining it with other knowledge grows its potential.
“There’s a lot of excitement around leveraging new data sources to gain a holistic view of health, including bringing in machine learning and...
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