Big Data in Transfusion Medicine and Artificial Intelligence Analysis for Red Blood Cell Quality Control
Lopes, Marcelle G.M.; Recktenwald, Steffen M.; Simionato, Gretaet al.
2023 • In Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy: Offizielles Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhamatologie, 50 (3), p. 163–173
[en] Background: ``Artificial intelligence'' and ``big data'' increasingly take the step from just being interesting concepts to being relevant or even part of our lives. This general statement holds also true for transfusion medicine. Besides all advancements in transfusion medicine, there is not yet an established red blood cell quality measure, which is generally applied. Summary: We highlight the usefulness of big data in transfusion medicine. Furthermore, we emphasize in the example of quality control of red blood cell units the application of artificial intelligence. Key Messages: A variety of concepts making use of big data and artificial intelligence are readily available but still await to be implemented into any clinical routine. For the quality control of red blood cell units, clinical validation is still required.
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