Quantum Computing in Healthcare

Where might quantum computing impact healthcare the best?

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Hey Everyone,

In all the varieties of hype, Quantum computing in healthcare is pretty far-fetched, we are just in a nascent phase of A.I. impacting that industry. Healthcare data—such as information from clinical trials, disease registries, electronic health records (EHRs), and medical devices—is growing at a compound annual growth rate of 36 percent.

If Quantum computings scale they would certainly impact the future of healthcare, eventually. Drug development would be a case in point. To expect Quantum computing to impact or for accelerating diagnoses, personalizing medicine, and optimizing pricing is truly wishingful thinking by IBM.

I’m not understanding either the Medical Futurist on the topic:

The life sciences will eventually intersect with Quantum computing and AI and quantum machine learning, but it could take a couple of decades to truly see significant progress. Just as by then, genomics, biotechnology and A.I.’s integration in the field will allow scientific progress to go that much faster.

According to IBM, and I don’t know who these analysts are:

Quantum computers may enable three key healthcare use cases that reinforce each other in a virtuous cycle.

Quantum Tech in MRIs is a bit more Believable

Now, an interdisciplinary research team including the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is working to advance the development of a quantum-based hyperpolarizer so that it can be deployed in clinical applications.

The goal is to significantly improve MRI imaging of metabolic processes—for example, to allow earlier and more accurate assessment of tumors, as well as to improve the selection and monitoring of tumor therapies.