Other than decision support system, there are many additional types of computer aided support systems available to detect illnesses and diseases. One medical profession that uses AI systems is neural networks to detect the cancer cells in mammograms and other tests. This is useful because cancer cells have many different shapes and stages which are hard to be recognized and differentiated by human eyes.

Pattern recognition is another way of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems that assist hospitals with their diagnoses. For example, large hospitals in this case study are very fortunate to have obtained large amount of data through a large volume of patients. Through all of this data, AI systems can be used to detect patterns in illnesses.When these systems see a pattern in the way illnesses are showing up, doctors can use this information to extrapolate possible causes of the illness by tracing it back to the origin. By using this way, the general public can actually take preventative measures to avoid illnesses.