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Researchers Aim for AI-Enabled System to Save Lives on the Battlefield
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Triage care on the battlefield requires split-second decision-making and proficiency in providing first aid. To improve training for the field medics responsible for this level of care, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will team up with researchers from the United States Army Research Laboratory in Orlando, Florida, to better understand skill acquisition and to standardize the prolonged field care (PFC) certification process.
With the support of a $3.1 million grant from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center, the team will combine neuroimaging, computer vision, eye-tracking, and artificial intelligence methods to make PFC certification faster, more objective, and scalable for all soldiers.
The researchers will create an AI-enabled system for automatically and accurately evaluating PFC performance. The current certification process relies on a human scorer.
"If we can make it work, this would be a game-changer for the Army," says Suvranu De, co-director of Rensselaer's Center for Modeling and Simulation in Medicine (CeMSIM).
From Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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