A Survey of Deep Learning Techniques for Medical Diagnosis

With the advent of new technologies in artificial intelligence and machine learning, the medical community has taken a strong notice of the potential of these technologies for addressing automation. Deep learning is one of these technologies which has been chosen by the research community for advancing its medical applications. This survey paper serves the research community twofold. First, it gives researchers an introduction to the basic technologies involved in deep learning. Second, it gives the readers insight into the state of the art in the field of medical applications of deep learning, particularly for medical imaging technologies.