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Technology: pain “written” in the faces of children, a software quantifies

The software, which is based on 46 possible movements of the face, has performed a valuation of the pain felt on a scale of 1 to 10. The pain in children and ‘often difficult to quantify, but in aid of doctors can ‘be used the algorithm that allows computers to recognize faces appropriately modified. He showed a study of San Diego School of Medicine published in the journal Pediatrics, that the program and ‘able to give an estimate equal to that made by the parents, and better than that of nurses. The study is based on 50 children between 5 and 18 who had undergone appendectomy at a hospital in San Diego. The researchers filmed the participants in three different visits after surgery, 24 and 48 hours and two weeks, raising the esteem of the pain experienced by patients and parents and a nurse. The software, which is based on 46 possible movements of the face, has performed an estimate of the pain felt on a scale of 1 to 10, and then ‘was compared with the other. “Most parents are more ‘accurate in estimating the doctors [...]

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The pain in children and ‘often difficult to quantify, but in aid of doctors can’ be used l ‘ algorithm that allows computers to recognize faces appropriately modified. He showed a study of San Diego School of Medicine published in the journal Pediatrics, that the program and ‘able to give an estimate equal to that made by the parents, and better than that of nurses. The study is based on 50 children between 5 and 18 who had undergone appendectomy at a hospital in San Diego. The researchers filmed the participants in three different visits after surgery, 24 and 48 hours and two weeks, raising the esteem of the pain experienced by patients and parents and a nurse. The software, which is based on 46 possible movements of the face, has performed an estimate of the pain felt on a scale of 1 to 10, and then ‘was compared with the other. “Most parents are more ‘accurate doctors to estimate the pain – the authors explain – but are not always present. The program and ‘proved as good as the parents in giving a’ vote ‘to the pain, and better than the medical staff. “

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