Doctors use long-term study to develop obesity-linked disease detection system

2022-08-25

Taiwanese doctors are creating a new smart system to detect risks associated with obesity. A long-term study in Keelung will provide lots of data to help predict whether patients might be developing obesity-related diseases. Doctors from Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and the National Health Research Institutes are working with electronics giant Acer on the system.

Obesity is an emblematic disease of modern culture. Lots of other diseases are associated with obesity, and according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, 8 out of 10 of the top causes of death in Taiwan were linked to obesity. Testing for factors connected to obesity has become a massive research topic in recent years.

Stan Shih
Founder of Acer Inc.
Obesity is probably the cause of 10,000 diseases. So we’re doing a long-term study. Chang Gung Memorial Hospital has determined the participants they want to track in Keelung. It should be easier than in a medical center; the service will be better.

The National Health Research Institutes, Chang Gung and Acer are working together to produce a “smart obesity detection system.” The artificial intelligence-powered system has an accuracy rate of over 75%. They hope it can be installed on health databases to help catch issues early.

Dr. Yeh Chi-hsiao
Chang Gung Memorial Foundation
This looks like a totally normal ECG, according to our current ECG metrics. But with the system, we can use AI to work out the patient actually has had a heart attack; they have narrow arteries.

An ECG often doesn’t tell a patient that they’re showing the traces of a heart attack. But with the team’s use of AI, they can figure out more about health factors. Early detection of risks like this can help treat and prevent more serious diseases.

國衛院開發AI預測肥胖疾病準確率逾75%

2022-08-25

根據衛福部統計，2020年國人十大死因有八項都與肥胖相關，包含癌症、心臟疾病、腦血管疾病、糖尿病等等，如何在肥胖相關疾病發生前精準預測，國衛院、長庚體系、宏碁智醫三強聯手，長期追蹤國人健康資料，並導入AI人工智慧大數據分析，要從預防下手，監測國人健康。

肥胖是現代人的文明病，不少疾病都跟肥胖有關係，根據衛福部統計，2020國人十大死因就有八項跟肥胖有關，如何偵測跟肥胖疾病有關的因子，也成了近年研究的重點。

[[宏碁創辦人施振榮]]
“肥胖是一個，應該是萬病之源，所以做一個長期做一個研究，那長庚因為在基隆，因為鎖定那些要追蹤的人，相對比醫學中心會比較容易一點，可以服務會比較好”

國衛院、長庚醫院和宏碁三方聯手開發出的"肥胖智慧預測系統"，利用AI系統預測準確率超過75%，希望建置國人健康資料庫，達到預防醫學的效果。

[[長庚醫院心臟外科主治醫師葉集孝]]
“依照現在心電圖判定標準，看起來是完全正常的心電圖，我們也可以從這個裡面，用AI來找到他，的確有心肌梗塞，有冠狀動脈狹窄”

很多人做心電圖完全正常，然而搞不好已經有心肌梗塞的現象，研究團隊利用AI大數據，掌握國人健康關鍵因子，希望透過早期精準提早發現並且治療。