Neural networks, are a beautiful biologically-inspired programming paradigm which enables a computer to learn from observational data. Deep learning, a powerful set of techniques for learning in neural networks.
Neural networks and deep learning currently provide the best solutions to many problems in image recognition, speech recognition, and natural language processing.
Neural Networks
Tree-based machine learning methods are among the most commonly used supervised learning methods.
Decision tree learning is one of the predictive modelling approaches used in statistics, data mining and machine learning.
Tree Based Methods
Discriminative models, also referred to as conditional models or backward models, are a class of supervised machine learning used for classification or regression. Typical discriminative models include logistic regression (LR), support vector machines (SVM), conditional random fields (CRFs).
Discrimination-Based Methods
Proposed AI solutions
Proposed Architecture
Repro-Ai: The repository for reproduction studies using artificial intelligence
Repro-AI.org is an interdiscplinary team of technologists, reproductive scientists, mathematicians, and physicians working to advance artificial intelligence applications in reproductive medicine.
Repro-Ai.org centralizes all AI publications in reproduction and provides easy to make, beautiful graphics for publications, reviews, posters and abstracts.
Successful human reproduction is a complex problem with so many variables that even the best-planned studies can quickly become confounded, yielding inconclusive results.
Inherent variation and subjectivity are the enemy of consistency and objectivity. AI can address these challenges. It is perfectly suited for the seemingly intractable questions of reproductive medicine, for example; embryo selection; the complex dialogue between endometrium and embryo and recurrent miscarriage; the physiological function of the uterus and disease states like endometriosis and adenomyosis; therapeutic targets for biological and chronological ovarian ageing; preimplantation genetics to improve pregnancy outcomes; and recurrent implantation failure.
Artificial Intelligence has been used in many aspects of reproduction, from research and experiment to clinical practice.
More research is needed to promote the application of AI in reproductive medicine. A significant challenge lies in determining the best ways to implement AI in clinical work. AI models are mostly a black box, lacking a universal understanding of inner workings. The performance of AI is related to various factors, including the quantity and quality of the data. Small training datasets can lead to wrong decisions if they are biased. Deep learning requires a significant amount of data for training; it may perform poorly if the data is insufficient. Selection bias from sample collection can result in poor performance of AI models in a clinical setting
Ethical, transparent data collection and sharing is of utmost importance, both of which will enable the use of high-quality data efficiently.
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Repro-AI.org is an interdiscplinary team of technologists, reproductive scientists, mathematicians, and physicians working to advance artificial intelligence applications in reproductive medicine.