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Artificial intelligence and digital technology in the service of health
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Algeria has worked, in recent years, to adapt its health system to the accelerated technological advances in medicine, in particular by encouraging researchers working on the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technology. in the field of health with a view to improving diagnosis and care. Researchers told the APS that they are essentially working on ways to take advantage of technological progress in the service of health with a view to improving diagnostics and optimizing patient care. Among them, the Director of the “Information Systems and Multimedia Systems” Division at the Scientific and Technical Information Research Center (CERIST), Abdelkrim Meziane, who specified that Algerian researchers were constantly working to “integrate technology digital in health services” in line with what is happening globally. To illustrate his point, he mentioned a technological system project, developed at the Center, for the rehabilitation of upper limbs after a stroke. By associating their movements with those of the avatars created by this system, patients can regain their motor functions thanks to Serious Games, which aim to improve patient motivation, explained the researcher. Serious Games include several levels, which depend on the patient’s degree of interaction and the time it takes to complete the tasks assigned to them, he said, emphasizing that the use of virtual reality allowed patients to carry out their exercises remotely without having to travel to specialized structures. This technological system is part of the doctoral project of a student from the Houari-Boumediene University of Science and Technology (USTHB) .Also at Cerist, the team from the “Theories and Engineering of Computer Systems” Division worked on the DIAG project, under the direction of researcher Saïd Yahiaoui, in collaboration with students from the University’s Faculty of Medicine. of Algiers 1. This project makes it possible to diagnose lung diseases using artificial intelligence and virtual and augmented reality, which offer the possibility of viewing medical images in 3D. The interest of the DIAG program is that ‘ “it makes it possible to precisely detect the affected parts of the lung (undetectable to the naked eye) and to determine the rate of attack in less than 30 seconds”. Another project, the one developed by the “Human-system interaction and virtual and augmented reality” (IRVA) team of the “Production and Robotics” Division at the Advanced Technologies Development Center (CDTA). It consists of the development of an application making it possible to precisely detect brain tumors using virtual and augmented reality techniques, said researcher Kahina Amara, adding that the 3D modeling obtained thanks to this application made the task of doctors easier.n