The EU Horizon funded research project, VALIDATE, aims to make sure AI can safely support doctors treating people with stroke.
When a patient arrives at hospital with a stroke, doctors must decide quickly which treatment will give the best chance of recovery. But predicting recovery can be challenging because every stroke and every patient is different.
VALIDATE is developing AI tools that analyse medical data to help doctors estimate how a patient might recover to support effective treatment decisions. Alongside this, the project will make sure these AI tools are fair, safe and carefully tested before being used in everyday care.
“We need to make treatment decisions very quickly when someone has a stroke,” said Dr Marta Rubiero, stroke neurologist and clinical validation lead in the project. “Clinical research is how we learn which treatments work best and make sure new tools really help patients.”
The project tests AI systems using diverse patient data and involves doctors, researchers and patient representatives throughout the process. Strict European safety and ethical standards are followed to prevent errors and bias.
Arlene Wilkie, Director General of the Stroke Alliance for Europe (SAFE), said: “Research participation is essential to improving stroke care. VALIDATE shows how working together can lead to trustworthy innovations that benefit patients and families.”
Researchers hope the project will help make stroke treatment more personalised and improve recovery for patients across Europe.
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The VALIDATE project receives funding from the European Commission’s Horizon Europe Programme under grant agreement number 101057263.
