Leicester student behind Covid AI tool completes PhD early

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Siyuan Lu, from China, developed the tool together with his PhD supervisor, Prof Yudong Zhang

A student who helped created a new AI tool that can detect Covid-19 has achieved his PhD two years early.

Mr Lu, 31, has severe cerebral palsy which was only diagnosed when he was two, due to an early misdiagnosis.Mr Lu's PhD has focussed on machine learning and computer-aided diagnosis. He and Prof Zhang hope AI, which is more reliable than PCR testing, offers an opportunity to screen and monitor Covid-19 cases on a large scale, reducing the burden on doctors.

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