brain surgery
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During Brain Surgery, This AI Can Diagnose A Tumour In 2 Minutes
Expert human pathologists typically require around 30 minutes to diagnose brain tumours from tissue samples extracted during surgery. A new artificially intelligent system can do it in less than 150 seconds—and it does so more accurately than its human counterparts.
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Why In The World Did Ancient Humans Perform Brain Surgery On This Cow?
Humans have been drilling holes into each others’ heads for thousands of years, and, surprisingly, we’ve actually been pretty good at it, even way back when. A re-analysis of a 5,000-year-old cow’s skull suggests humans were performing cranial surgery on animals as well – but why would they even bother? The answer could yield new…
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Patient Jams Out During His Own Brain Surgery
Doctors often keep patients awake during brain surgery to monitor them for injuries in real time. Put in this situation, most of us would probably do very little of anything other than respond when spoken to and pray for a swift end to the experience.