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eD octor: machine learning and the future of medicine

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Handelman, G. S., Kok, H. K., Chandra, R. V., Razavi, A. H., Lee, M. J., Asadi, H.·2018·Journal of Internal Medicine

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Machine learning ( ML ) is a burgeoning field of medicine with huge resources being applied to fuse computer science and statistics to medical problems. Proponents of ML extol its ability to deal with large, complex and disparate data, often found within medicine and feel that ML is the future for biomedical research, personalized medicine, computer‐aided diagnosis to significantly advance global health care. However, the concepts of ML are unfamiliar to many medical professionals and there is untapped potential in the use of ML as a research tool. In this article, we provide an overview of the theory behind ML , explore the common ML algorithms used in medicine including their pitfalls and discuss the potential future of ML in medicine.

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Authors
Handelman, G. S., Kok, H. K., Chandra, R. V., Razavi, A. H., Lee, M. J., & Asadi, H.
Affiliations
  • Royal Victoria Hospital (GB)
  • Northern Hospital (AU)
  • Monash Health (AU)
  • University of Ottawa (CA)
  • Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (IE)
  • Deakin University (AU)
Corresponding author
Handelman, G. S.
Venue
Journal of Internal Medicine
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2018-09-03
Volume
284
Issue
6
Pages
603-619
ISSN
  • 0954-6820 (ISSN-L)
  • 1365-2796
OpenAlex
W2886522935
Cited by
956
References
98
Citations by year
2026: 142 · 2025: 210 · 2024: 214 · 2023: 159 · 2022: 92 · 2021: 99 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 1
FWCI
0.76
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Internal Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Monash University Research Portal (Monash University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Deakin Research Online (Deakin University) (submittedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Minerva Access (University of Melbourne) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Health Informatics › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Machine Learning in Healthcare
Keywords
machine learning, medical research, personalized medicine, computer-aided diagnosis, biomedical data, machine learning algorithms, future of medicine
MeSH terms
Machine Learning, Supervised Machine Learning, Unsupervised Machine Learning, Algorithms, Forecasting, Humans, Medicine, Decision Support Systems, Clinical, Precision Medicine

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