Applications of Machine Learning in Medicine

Machine Learning is a branch of artificial intelligence that provides algorithms able to learn automatically, improve from experience, and make previsions. In the last years several machine learning algorithims have been developed in medical field, from imaging to big data analysis, obtaining applications for both diagnosis and prognosis. In this mini review, we report three our applications of machine learning in medicine: the first regards the research and classification of pulmunary nodules in computer tomography studies; the second, based on magnetic resonance studies, provides a classification method to be use as an aid in multiple sclerosis diagnosis; the third concerns the probability to be pos- itives to miocardial perfusion imaging, using demographic and clinical data of patients.