New Waterford project aims to study cancer patients' mental health with AI research

The study will detect changes in mental health status in order to initiate supports and improve a cancer patient's quality of life and aftercare 

Researchers will monitor data secured from cancer patients' phones as a basis for their study. 

Researchers based in Co Waterford are teaming up with international experts to help cancer patients' mental health after their diagnosis using artificial intelligence (AI). 

The research group, along with four other EU-funded teams, is teaming up to advance a ground-breaking research project which uses AI to predict depression in cancer patients.