AI adoption

Screenshot of Harrison.rad.1 interface
By  Adam Ang 08:44 pm September 22, 2024
Radiology genAI unveiled Harrison.ai has recently introduced a radiology-specific vision language model.  Called Harrison.rad.1, the dialogue-based model can perform open-ended chat related to X-ray images. It can detect and localise radiological findings and generate reports, all with an emphasis on clinical safety and accuracy.  Unlike existing generative AI models trained on general and open-...
Heart health
By  Emily Olsen 11:41 am August 3, 2021
Abbott landed FDA clearance for its imaging software, which employs artificial intelligence to give doctors a clearer look at blood flow and blockages in heart vessels. The Ultreon 1.0 Software pairs optical coherence tomography with AI to help physicians make decisions about next steps for treatment. "As cardiologists continue to adopt OCT and move away from traditional imaging methods such as...
By  Tammy Lovell 04:04 am August 7, 2020
As Wales comes out of lockdown, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board has announced the launch of its Welsh and English-speaking virtual agent, which answers common questions about COVID-19 in a caring tone. The solution, called CERi, brings together IBM Watson Assistant, natural language processing capabilities from IBM Research, and state-of-art enterprise artificial intelligence (AI)...
By  Dave Muoio 02:56 pm May 14, 2020
Artificial intelligence is knocking on the healthcare industry's doors. From computation-driven R&D for new drugs, to objective image analysis, to mass-scale disease screening and diagnosis, more and more instances of the technology are pitching solutions to some of the industry's most pressing challenges. Regulators once stood as the primary hurdle for AI and associated technologies like...