An artificial intelligence tool can predict cancer patients' survival chances based on a single face photo.
An AI system developed by Mass General Brigham analyzes facial photographs to estimate cancer patient survival and biological age. It was trained on over 40 million photos and assigns death risk scores to patients.
- The AI model FAHR-Face was trained with over 40 million photographs.
- The AI system was developed by experts at Mass General Brigham.
- The AI tool estimates cancer patient survival chances from a single facial photograph.
- Patients appearing five or more years older than their actual age had a 21 percent higher risk of death.
- Miroslaw Bober stated that the tool is not ready for clinical use.
- The AI tool estimated age with a margin of error of about 5 years.
- The 53 percent of patients assigned the highest risk scores died within 90 days.
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