“Compressed Sensing;” Must Read
Magnetic resonance imaging and DNA sequencing both involve huge amount of data for analysis and storage. What would it mean to clinical medicine if results from these technologies could be derived from one-sixth the data points? For MRI, it could mean that six times as many images could be taken in the time one took before, with less radiation exposure for the patient. For genomics, it could mean a complete exome scan with results during an office visit. What makes this conceivable isn’t necessarily better imaging and sequencing machines, but rather a computation statistics theory called “compressed sensing,” derived from regression analysis of the least possible data points. This has broad implications for many industries, not the least being “precision medicine.” MORE
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