KENNESAW, Ga., Oct. 16 -- Kennesaw State University issued the following news release:

Kennesaw State University researcher Sagnik Dakshit is working to bridge that gap. An assistant professor of information technology in the College of Computing and Software Engineering, Dakshit received a $145,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help develop AI tools to analyze ECGs. His goal is to make the technology's findings easier to understand and more useful in patient care.

AI systems can learn to recognize patterns in ECGs, but the reasons behind their findings are often unclear. Even when an explanation is available, it may make more sense to a computer scientist than a doctor.

"We as computer scientists can interpret it, ...