Nearly four kilometers beneath the surface of the earth, inside South Africa’s Mponeng Gold Mine, where broadband connectivity is unreliable and working conditions are demanding, an artificial intelligence (AI)system recently accomplished something few medical technologies had managed before. 

Within 45 seconds, it analyzed a miner’s chest X-ray for signs of tuberculosis and occupational lung diseases, including silicosis, without relying on cloud computing or an on-site radiologist. Click here to read the full-text article