Media Mention: IST Research

Where: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, ‘What can the placenta tell us? Pittsburgh researchers join effort to find out’ 

What: A new tool that harnesses computer vision and artificial intelligence enables doctors to examine placentas right at the bedside using just a phone. The tool was developed by a multi-national, multi-institutional team led by Penn State researchers. James Z. Wang, distinguished professor in the College of IST, was one of the principal investigators, and Yimu Pan, a doctoral candidate in the informatics program in the College of IST, was the lead author on the study. 

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Photo credit: Benjamin B. Braun/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette