Predicting the Future — Big Data, Machine Learning, and Clinical Medicine

Ziad Obermeyer, Ezekiel Emanuel

New England Journal of Medicine · 2016 · 3.5K citations · 5 references

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Abstract

The algorithms of machine learning, which can sift through vast numbers of variables looking for combinations that reliably predict outcomes, will improve prognosis, displace much of the work of radiologists and anatomical pathologists, and improve diagnostic accuracy.

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