<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Artificial intelligence technology has tripled the number of UK stroke patients recovering to a point where they can perform daily activities, according to new research released on Tuesday.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Early stage analysis of over 111,000 suspected stroke patients whose care included use of the technology found it reduced the time between being seen by a doctor and treatment beginning by over 60 minutes, leading to improved results.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">The proportion who were able to resume day-to-day activities increased from 16 to 48 percent, the analysis of the Brainomix e-Stroke imaging platform found.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The technology, developed by the UK's med-tech solution firm Brainomix, is being used across 11 stroke treatment networks in the UK's state-funded National Health Service (NHS) to diagnose strokes and determine the best treatment.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The platform helps doctors in the interpretation of brain scans and allows them to share the images with specialists worldwide who can access them remotely.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"AI has the potential to transform our NHS -- delivering faster, more accurate diagnoses and making sure patients can get the treatment they need, when they need it," the UK's health secretary Steve Barclay said in a statement.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Brainomix is an incredible example of how this can be achieved, using the power of AI to shave lifesaving minutes off one of the most time-sensitive diagnoses in medicine."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Patient Carol Wilson, a teaching assistant, said the prompt diagnosis and treatment she received as a result of the technology meant she was sitting up and texting her family later the same day.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The grandmother who has since returned to work said she was "back home and able to walk around two days after having a stroke".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Over 85,000 people suffer a stroke in the UK each year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">NHS England director of Transformation Dr Timothy Ferris said the treatment was "harnessing the potential that AI has to support expert staff in delivering life-changing care".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Every minute saved during the initial hospital assessment of people with stroke-like symptoms can dramatically improve a patient's chance of leaving hospital in good health," he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Brainomix launched as an Oxford University spin-out in 2010. Its e-stroke platform is now used in over 330 hospitals in over 30 countries. AFP</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>