Using AI To Detect The World's Most Infectious Disease-Tuberculosis | Prashant Warier | TEDxGateway

What happens in a country which is home to 1/4th of the TB cases and where two out of 1000 Indians are affected by TB. In this talk Prashant Warrier talks about how he has changed the process of TB screening and getting reports not in a few days or hours but in a fraction of seconds. He is using AI to help leverage medical imaging accurately and instantly. Prashant is an expert in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Deep learning. He has architect-ed and commercialized several data science solutions and is a prolific researcher, author and speaker in this field. He is passionate about using artificial intelligence and machine learning to make healthcare affordable and accessible. Prior to his current role, Prashant was Chief Data Scientist at Fractal Analytics. Previously, was Co-Founder and CEO of AI-powered advertising technology startup Imagna which was acquired by Fractal Analytics in 2015. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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