Current state and prospects of artificial intelligence in
allergy
Merlijn van
Breugel1,2,3, Rudolf S. N.
Fehrmann4, Marnix Bügel3, Faisal I.
Rezwan6,7, John Holloway6,8, Martijn
C. Nawijn2,5, Sara Fontanella9,10,
Adnan Custovic9,10, Gerard H.
Koppelman1,2,*
1. University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Beatrix
Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Pediatric
Allergology, Groningen, the Netherlands
2. University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen,
Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), Groningen, the
Netherlands
3. MIcompany, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
4. Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen,
University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
5. Department of Pathology & Medical Biology, University Medical Center
Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
6. Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of
Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
7. Department of Computer Science, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth,
United Kingdom
8. National Institute for Health and Care Research Southampton
Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Southampton NHS
Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
9. National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, United
Kingdom
10. National Institute for Health and Care Research Imperial Biomedical
Research Centre (BRC)
*Corresponding author:
Prof. dr. Gerard H. Koppelman
Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Pediatric Allergology
Beatrix Children’s Hospital
University Medical Center Groningen
PO Box 30.001
9700 RB Groningen, the Netherlands
Email:
g.h.koppelman@umcg.nl
Phone: + 31 50 3611036
Fax: + 31 50 3614235
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Figures: Figure 1-5, Supplementary Figure 1
Table: Glossary, Table 1
Author contributionsM.v.B. and G.H.K. devised and set out the overall outline of this
review. R.S.N.F., M.B., and M.C.N. have provided critical input on the
outline and figure drafts for improved positioning and relevance for the
readership. F.I.R., J.H., S.F., and A.C. have been invited to the author
group to bring in additional domain expertise, for which they have
written and/or sharpened the respective sections. All authors have
provided feedback on the first complete draft of the manuscript. M.v.B.
and G.H.K. wrote this first draft and have revised it based on inputs
from all authors. All authors have read and approved the final version
of this manuscript.
Conflict of Interest statement All authors declare to have no conflict of interests.