Microsoft, Novartis AG Partner Up to Fight Multiple Sclerosis with Video Game
Multiple sclerosis patients may one day have the option of having an intelligent camera system track the disease's progress, using super-precise measurements of physical symptoms to enable better, faster and cheaper treatments.
Microsoft Corp.'s researchers teamed up with pharma giant Novartis AG to develop a system called AssessMS, which uses the company's Kinect motion camera and machine learning software to track movements, analyzing things like gait and ability to touch one's nose with a finger.
Multiple sclerosis, which affects 2.3 million people worldwide, is an incurable and unpredictable disease of the central nervous system.
Microsoft Corp.'s researchers teamed up with pharma giant Novartis AG to develop a system called AssessMS, which uses the company's Kinect motion camera and machine learning software to track movements, analyzing things like gait and ability to touch one's nose with a finger.
Multiple sclerosis, which affects 2.3 million people worldwide, is an incurable and unpredictable disease of the central nervous system.