Inside Precision Medicine February 2, 2023
A new smartphone application called FAST.AI, from Neuronics Medical, may help detect stroke symptoms in real time, prompting patients or caregivers to quickly call for help earlier. An abstract (WMP120) describing early work on the app is being presented this week at the American Stroke Association International Stroke Conference.
“These early results confirm the app reliably identified acute stroke symptoms as accurately as a neurologist, and they will help to improve the app’s accuracy in detecting signs and symptoms of stroke,” said study author Radoslav I. Raychev, MD, a clinical professor of neurology and a vascular neurologist at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death and a major cause of disability in the...
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