AI-based system identifies right recipient for kidney transplant with 80% accuracy

CHENNAI: Artificial Intelligence can now answer a question that experienced transplant surgeons haven’t been able to — how long a transplanted kidney can survive in arecipient.
On Monday, UK-based University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust announced it has successfully developed OrganPredict, an open-source web application, through international collabo- rations with Coventry University and other organisations, including Chennai-based NGO Mohan Foundation.
“We now have two AI-based algorithms developed using transplant databases from the US and UK — one each for living and deceased donors. These algorithms can help doctors and patients identify the right recipient for every kidney they transplant,” said Mohan Foundation managing trustee Dr Sunil Shroff.
Prediction models for other organs in the future
The prediction model can also be used in the national allocation schemes for the paired kidney exchange programme, where incompatible donor-recipient pairs swap kidneys to enable successful transplant. The application has generated huge interest in many countries, and four papers have already been published in medical journals, with two more accepted for publication, Dr Krishnan said. “We want organ allocation agencies of various govts to incorporate this algorithm in their allocation process so there is more judicious use of organs,” Dr Krishnan said.
Similar prediction models will be developed for other organs in the future, she said.