The World Health Organisation (WHO) explains that tuberculosis is an infectious disease affecting the lungs, spread through the air when infected individuals cough, sneeze, or spit. While ...

One of the most common symptoms of TB is cough, which many neglect as other benign conditions and infections can also lead to it. So, how do you know when you should get tested? In an interaction ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes this disease, which has symptoms like a cough, chest pain, fever, and loss of appetite. TB is transmitted through the inhalation of droplets released from an infected ...

For a sense of scale, the cough model alone was trained on 100 ... in the real world in order to look for early signs of tuberculosis. Bloomberg reported on the partnership this week.

HeAR AI detects lung diseases using cough sound analysis Collaboration with Salcit Technologies for early TB detection Potential to revolutionize diagnosis in low-resource settings The HeAR AI ...

HeAR’s ability to detect TB from a simple cough could revolutionise the way this disease is managed, especially in low-resource settings. The model's effectiveness lies in its ability to ...

Developed under the Health Acoustic Representations (HeAR) project, the AI aims to identify diseases like tuberculosis through ... users to upload a 10-second cough sample for disease screening ...

Companies like Salcit Technologies in India are already exploring how to integrate HeAR into their existing cough-analysis tools to enhance TB screening. While the potential for AI-powered health ...

It spreads through the air when infected people cough, sneeze or spit. “Tuberculosis is preventable and curable. About a quarter of the global population is estimated to have been infected with ...