Chinese tech company Alibaba, says its AI can detect Corona virus from CT scans in just 20 seconds. It takes doctors around 20 mins to do the same. The model has an accuracy of around 96%.

The diagnosis algorithm was developed by Alibaba's research institute Damo Academy. Researchers at the academy said they had trained the AI model with sample data from more than 5,000 confirmed cases, adding that the system could identify differences in CT scans between patients infected with the novel virus and those with ordinary viral pneumonia with an accuracy of up to 96%.

The algorithm included the latest treatment guidelines and recently published research, said its creators.

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