Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to diagnose fibromyalgia, which some doctors still think of as a fake disease. Fibromyalgia patients experience pain all over their body, and typically see more than 10 specialists and take of average of seven years to get a diagnosis. The new study is the first in its kind that uses AI to help physicians identify people with fibromyalgia.
Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to diagnose fibromyalgia, which some doctors still think of as a fake disease. Fibromyalgia patients experience pain all over their body, and typically see more than 10 specialists and take of average of seven years to get a diagnosis. Researchers last year used machine learning to distinguish the brain scans of those with the condition to those without, with 93% accuracy, according to a paper published in Pain.