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Applied Machine Learning for Healthcare and Life Sciences using AWS

Applied Machine Learning for Healthcare and Life Sciences using AWS

By : Ujjwal Ratan
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Applied Machine Learning for Healthcare and Life Sciences using AWS

Applied Machine Learning for Healthcare and Life Sciences using AWS

4.9 (14)
By: Ujjwal Ratan

Overview of this book

While machine learning is not new, it's only now that we are beginning to uncover its true potential in the healthcare and life sciences industry. The availability of real-world datasets and access to better compute resources have helped researchers invent applications that utilize known AI techniques in every segment of this industry, such as providers, payers, drug discovery, and genomics. This book starts by summarizing the introductory concepts of machine learning and AWS machine learning services. You’ll then go through chapters dedicated to each segment of the healthcare and life sciences industry. Each of these chapters has three key purposes -- First, to introduce each segment of the industry, its challenges, and the applications of machine learning relevant to that segment. Second, to help you get to grips with the features of the services available in the AWS machine learning stack like Amazon SageMaker and Amazon Comprehend Medical. Third, to enable you to apply your new skills to create an ML-driven solution to solve problems particular to that segment. The concluding chapters outline future industry trends and applications. By the end of this book, you’ll be aware of key challenges faced in applying AI to healthcare and life sciences industry and learn how to address those challenges with confidence.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
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Part 1: Introduction to Machine Learning on AWS
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Chapter 1: Introducing Machine Learning and the AWS Machine Learning Stack
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Part 2: Machine Learning Applications in the Healthcare Industry
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Part 3: Machine Learning Applications in the Life Sciences Industry
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Part 4: Challenges and the Future of AI in Healthcare and Life Sciences

Applying ML to medical devices and radiology imaging

Unlike traditional software, ML models evolve over time and improve as they interact with real-world data. Also, due to the probabilistic nature of the models, it is likely that the output of these models will change as the statistics behind the data shift. This poses a challenge in applying these models for regulated medical workflows because the medical decision-making process needs to be consistent and supported by the same evidence over and over again. Moreover, the results of an ML model aiding in a clinical decision-making process need to be explainable. In other words, we cannot treat the model as a “black box”; we need to understand its inner workings and explain its behavior in specific scenarios.

In spite of these challenges, the FDA recognizes that AI/ML has the potential to transform healthcare due to its ability to derive insights from vast amounts of data generated in healthcare practice every day....

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