- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital to leverage GE Healthcare’s artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to take the lead in using medical AI in their hospital system.
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Collaborations with SOPHiA GENETICS, The University of Cambridge and Optellum are intended expand access to the latest and most advanced technologies for cancer care
Chicago, Nov 30 2021 — GE Healthcare announced collaborations with SOPHiA GENETICS, The University of Cambridge and Optellum as part of its vision to advance care, make precision health more accessible, and ultimately improve outcomes for cancer patients.
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Many doctors and industry experts agree that artificial intelligence-assisted medicine will change healthcare.
Imagine a world where a genomic sequencer small enough to fit in the palm of your hand maps the DNA of a virus in mere hours. Where you can test for a variety of maladies, from skin cancer to urinary tract infections, without going to the doctor. Where monitors use digital algorithms to adjust oxygen levels for ICU patients.
Now stop imagining. Thanks to artificial intelligence, we’re quickly approaching that world.
Like many tasks in medicine, threading a breathing tube down a patient’s trachea requires skills, patience and steady hands. Insert the tube not far enough and the patient can throw up food into their lungs, causing infection; insert it too far and you might trigger a collapsed lung or cardiac arrest. Doctors often order a chest X-ray to make sure the tube is positioned right.
Not much gets past Chad McClennan and his elite detective squad of owls (yes, you read that right). The “chief executive owl” of the healthcare startup Koios Medical, McClennan explains that several of his engineers were military sleuths before applying their talents to breast cancer detection. “They were working for a U.S. Army defense contractor, using facial recognition technology to catch bad guys in foreign lands,” he says. “They realized that the same techniques could be applied to radiology.”
GE Healthcare's AIR Recon DL software separates signal from noise without compromising diagnostic quality or increasing scan time.