New artificial intelligence tool ‘can detect heart disease at record speed’

Experts believe the new tool will free up medics’ time to see more patients (Alamy)

A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool being used in the NHS can detect heart disease at record speed, experts say.

The computer tool, which mimics human ability but with greater precision and at a faster speed, can analyse heart MRI scans in just 20 seconds while the patient is in the scanner.