ABSTRACT
Increasing application on account of the rapid progress made by artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare has brought upon a progressive paradigm shift. By combining relevant AI architectures with digitized data acquisition and sophisticated data validation techniques, AI-based technologies are expanding to unchartered areas. This chapter focuses on understanding recent novel innovations and practical clinical applications of AI in aiding the conventional healthcare industry. Breakthrough AI-based platforms that aid in critical sectors of the healthcare industry like disease diagnosis, robot-assisted surgery, patient rehabilitation, and use of smartphones/smart wearables for health monitoring and AI’s role in controlling and tackling COVID-19 like pandemics are summarized. © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.