Researchers try AI to help determine how well a patient has aged

We all know that people often don’t look their age, which can sometimes be a good — or bad — thing.

Now some local researchers are using artificial intelligence to scan a photo of a person’s face and estimate their age based not on a birthday, but on how well that person is aging. They believe the technology could assist doctors in determining treatment options for cancer and other chronic diseases, or improve a doctor’s estimate of how long a patient might live.

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