A senior doctor is hopeful that an "exciting" breakthrough has been made in the early diagnosis of heart problems using AI technology.
Dr Simon Rudland, visiting professor at the University of Suffolk, was the lead author of a study evaluating a test which uses AI (artificial intelligence) to determine if patients have cardiovascular disease before they show symptoms.
It uses five electrodes - four on the chest and one on the back – and returns a green, amber or red score.
This means the technology measures the heart's electrical activity in three dimensions, unlike the traditional two-dimensional ECG (electrocardiogram).
AI can then interpret the data, including measuring the rhythm, structure and perfusion of the heart muscle.
