{"id":3578,"date":"2025-11-25T11:13:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T10:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neuraldesigner.com\/solution\/medical-treatment\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T12:13:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T11:13:55","slug":"medical-treatment","status":"publish","type":"solution","link":"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/solutions\/medical-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical treatment using machine learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3578\" class=\"elementor elementor-3578\" data-elementor-post-type=\"solution\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f817e4 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0f817e4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb3de7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fb3de7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Introduction<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b69f750 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b69f750\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Medical treatment uses tools for working with randomized controlled trial data, where we only observe what happens to a patient if they&#8217;ve got treatment,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">and we want to know what would happen to the patient if they had not received the treatment and vice versa.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Machine learning allows us to build models that associate a broad range of variables with the effect of a treatment on individual patients.<\/span><\/p><section><p>The data science and machine learning platform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/\">Neural Designer<\/a> combines different data types into a single model to better diagnose diseases.<\/p><\/section>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc27efd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fc27efd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Contents<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b58f612 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b58f612\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30a44fe e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"30a44fe\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2a1c94 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e2a1c94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#objectives\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">1. Objectives<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e61995 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7e61995\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#benefits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">2. Benefits<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d894328 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d894328\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#approach\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">3. Approach<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-413883c elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"413883c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#conclusions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">4. Conclusions<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c5c18a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1c5c18a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. Objectives<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53999be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53999be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Medical treatment aims to assess which tools better fit each patient to survive the disease. Besides, the objective is to determine one or more treatments, whether we want to avoid acquiring a disease or condition, suffer from symptoms, have caught a cold or the flu, have developed diabetes or cancer, or have injured yourself in an accident. All of these require treatments.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2e3d2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b2e3d2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/activity-diagram-medical-treatment.svg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20015\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a60c038 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a60c038\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Thankfully, a large amount of data is currently available to clinicians, ranging from details of clinical symptoms to various types of biochemical assays and outputs of imaging devices.<\/p><p>We put up a model to predict the best type of treatment. These are some examples of types of data that could be useful to make a proper medical treatment using machine learning:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a271afa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a271afa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><b>Personal data:<\/b> Age, sex&#8230;<\/li><li><b>Disease data:<\/b> Physiological measurements and information about known diseases or symptoms that an individual has experienced.<\/li><li><b>Environmental data:<\/b> Information about an individual\u2019s environmental exposures, such as smoking, sunbathing, weather conditions, etc.<\/li><li><b>Genetic data:<\/b> All or key parts of the DNA sequence of an individual.<\/li><li><b>Treatment data:<\/b> Information about different treatments that can be used.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8c83f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d8c83f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"benefits\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. Benefits<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-556227d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"556227d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d249c16 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d249c16\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb05cc3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fb05cc3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a80c790 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a80c790\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2.1. Prevent<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e79dd96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e79dd96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Prevention aims to stop health problems before they appear, using vaccines to prevent infections and personalized medicines to reduce the risk of genetic diseases, while promoting long-term wellness.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbaebf2 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"dbaebf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-thumbs-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M466.27 286.69C475.04 271.84 480 256 480 236.85c0-44.015-37.218-85.58-85.82-85.58H357.7c4.92-12.81 8.85-28.13 8.85-46.54C366.55 31.936 328.86 0 271.28 0c-61.607 0-58.093 94.933-71.76 108.6-22.747 22.747-49.615 66.447-68.76 83.4H32c-17.673 0-32 14.327-32 32v240c0 17.673 14.327 32 32 32h64c14.893 0 27.408-10.174 30.978-23.95 44.509 1.001 75.06 39.94 177.802 39.94 7.22 0 15.22.01 22.22.01 77.117 0 111.986-39.423 112.94-95.33 13.319-18.425 20.299-43.122 17.34-66.99 9.854-18.452 13.664-40.343 8.99-62.99zm-61.75 53.83c12.56 21.13 1.26 49.41-13.94 57.57 7.7 48.78-17.608 65.9-53.12 65.9h-37.82c-71.639 0-118.029-37.82-171.64-37.82V240h10.92c28.36 0 67.98-70.89 94.54-97.46 28.36-28.36 18.91-75.63 37.82-94.54 47.27 0 47.27 32.98 47.27 56.73 0 39.17-28.36 56.72-28.36 94.54h103.99c21.11 0 37.73 18.91 37.82 37.82.09 18.9-12.82 37.81-22.27 37.81 13.489 14.555 16.371 45.236-5.21 65.62zM88 432c0 13.255-10.745 24-24 24s-24-10.745-24-24 10.745-24 24-24 24 10.745 24 24z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dd5c94 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9dd5c94\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88f5b99 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"88f5b99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2.2. Curate<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c05b0ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c05b0ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Treatment seeks to restore health after diagnosis through medications, surgery, or physical therapy, focusing on repairing affected areas and helping patients regain normal functions and well-being.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59ab3e2 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"59ab3e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-first-aid\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M0 80v352c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h48V32H48C21.5 32 0 53.5 0 80zm128 400h320V32H128v448zm64-248c0-4.4 3.6-8 8-8h56v-56c0-4.4 3.6-8 8-8h48c4.4 0 8 3.6 8 8v56h56c4.4 0 8 3.6 8 8v48c0 4.4-3.6 8-8 8h-56v56c0 4.4-3.6 8-8 8h-48c-4.4 0-8-3.6-8-8v-56h-56c-4.4 0-8-3.6-8-8v-48zM528 32h-48v448h48c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V80c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7b11eb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c7b11eb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3af02b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3af02b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2.3. Disease Management<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15503bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15503bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Some diseases cannot be fully cured, so care focuses on controlling the condition, reducing complications, improving patient survival, and maintaining a good quality of life over time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90bf277 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"90bf277\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-hospital\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M128 244v-40c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h40c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v40c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12h-40c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12zm140 12h40c6.627 0 12-5.373 12-12v-40c0-6.627-5.373-12-12-12h-40c-6.627 0-12 5.373-12 12v40c0 6.627 5.373 12 12 12zm-76 84v-40c0-6.627-5.373-12-12-12h-40c-6.627 0-12 5.373-12 12v40c0 6.627 5.373 12 12 12h40c6.627 0 12-5.373 12-12zm76 12h40c6.627 0 12-5.373 12-12v-40c0-6.627-5.373-12-12-12h-40c-6.627 0-12 5.373-12 12v40c0 6.627 5.373 12 12 12zm180 124v36H0v-36c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h19.5V85.035C31.5 73.418 42.245 64 55.5 64H144V24c0-13.255 10.745-24 24-24h112c13.255 0 24 10.745 24 24v40h88.5c13.255 0 24 9.418 24 21.035V464H436c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12zM79.5 463H192v-67c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h40c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v67h112.5V112H304v24c0 13.255-10.745 24-24 24H168c-13.255 0-24-10.745-24-24v-24H79.5v351zM266 64h-26V38a6 6 0 0 0-6-6h-20a6 6 0 0 0-6 6v26h-26a6 6 0 0 0-6 6v20a6 6 0 0 0 6 6h26v26a6 6 0 0 0 6 6h20a6 6 0 0 0 6-6V96h26a6 6 0 0 0 6-6V70a6 6 0 0 0-6-6z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93c4ac6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"93c4ac6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecbf76f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ecbf76f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2.4. Palliate<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b883bb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b883bb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Palliative care is provided to patients with severe, debilitating, or life-limiting diseases. Its aim is to relieve symptoms such as pain, improve comfort, and support quality of life, without attempting to cure the underlying condition.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65f39b8 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"65f39b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-first-aid\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M0 80v352c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h48V32H48C21.5 32 0 53.5 0 80zm128 400h320V32H128v448zm64-248c0-4.4 3.6-8 8-8h56v-56c0-4.4 3.6-8 8-8h48c4.4 0 8 3.6 8 8v56h56c4.4 0 8 3.6 8 8v48c0 4.4-3.6 8-8 8h-56v56c0 4.4-3.6 8-8 8h-48c-4.4 0-8-3.6-8-8v-56h-56c-4.4 0-8-3.6-8-8v-48zM528 32h-48v448h48c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V80c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a64fd89 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a64fd89\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b63ad9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0b63ad9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2.4. Palliate<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0b28a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a0b28a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Palliative care is provided to patients with severe, debilitating, and life-ending diseases. Its goal is to relieve symptoms such as pain and make a patient comfortable, with little or no attempt to cure or manage the disease or condition that causes the discomfort.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-929870f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"929870f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. Approach<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40411ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40411ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/learning\/neural-networks-tutorial\">Neural networks<\/a> are the most important technique for machine learning and artificial intelligence. The following flow chart shows how to build and use a neural network for medical prognosis.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eadd1ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eadd1ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/images\/number_1.svg\" \/>The first step is to create a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/learning\/tutorials\/data-set\">data set<\/a> by collecting all the personal,\u00a0 \u00a0environmental, disease, and comorbidity\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0data about a cohort and the outcome of those patients.<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f300491 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f300491\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/images\/number_2.svg\" \/><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Then, we need to build a <\/span><a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/learning\/tutorials\/neural-network\">neural network<\/a><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">\u00a0that will forecast the outcome of new patients.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2efa46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2efa46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The next graph illustrates a neural network for medical prognosis.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a53d47a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a53d47a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/neural-treatment.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20014\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/neural-treatment.webp 480w, https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/neural-treatment-300x201.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23abc52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23abc52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/images\/number_3.svg\" \/>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/learning\/tutorials\/training-strategy\">training strategy<\/a> is applied to the neural network to discover the underlying relationships in the data set.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22676bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22676bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/images\/number_4.svg\" \/>To improve the model&#8217;s predictive capabilities, we can also apply <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/learning\/tutorials\/model-selection\">model selection<\/a> by trying combinations of variables and choosing those with more impact on the outcome.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36cedd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36cedd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/images\/number_5.svg\" \/> Then, the resulting model undergoes an exhaustive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/learning\/tutorials\/testing-analysis\">testing analysis<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c13261 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c13261\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/images\/number_6.svg\" \/>Finally, after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/learning\/tutorials\/model-deployment\">model deployment<\/a>, the neural network is used to predict the future health of new patients.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b32e818 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b32e818\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The data science and machine learning platform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/free-trial\">Neural Designer<\/a> guides you through this process to focus on the medical aspects and not on the details behind machine learning.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb13021 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eb13021\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4. Conclusions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1cc3cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f1cc3cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Machine learning enables us to build predictive models that help doctors predict the outcome of a disease and choose the best possible treatment for each patient.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-293d94e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"293d94e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">References<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87bfabf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"87bfabf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S093336570100077X?via%3Dihub\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kononenko, I. (2001). Machine learning for medical diagnosis: history, state of the art and perspective. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 23(1), 89-109<\/a>.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Marcelo_Gagliano\/publication\/321151498_Applications_of_Machine_Learning_in_Medical_Diagnosis\/links\/5a10aff1458515cc5aa80512\/Applications-of-Machine-Learning-in-Medical-Diagnosis.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gagliano, M., Van Pham, J., Tang, B., Kashif, H., &amp; Ban, J. 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