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By  Adam Ang 04:22 am October 4, 2024
Mental health app Lissun bags $3M for AI integration  Mental health platform Lissun in India has scored $2.5 million in a pre-Series A funding round led by RPSG Capital Ventures. With its fresh funds, the startup plans to integrate AI into its suite of digital mental health solutions which target corporates, schools, and families of children with neurodevelopmental conditions. The new funds will...
Mobile and desktop versions of Qure.ai's chest X-ray analysis solution
By  Adam Ang 06:59 am September 27, 2024
Qure.ai nets $65M for foundational AI  Qure.ai has raised $65 million in a Series D funding round led by Lightspeed and 360 ONE Asset.  The company said it will use its fresh funds to invest more in foundational AI models, as well as acquire complementary startups in medical technology. It will also be used to accelerate its expansion in the United States and other markets.  Early this year, the...
Respiree's vital signs monitor and Roche's blood sugar monitoring system
By  Adam Ang 08:40 pm September 22, 2024
Respiree, Roche announces AI integration for RPM Singaporean startup Respiree has tied up with global pharmaceutical and diagnostics company Roche for technology integration. Respiree will be combining its vital sign monitoring device with Roche's blood glucose device as a joint bedside offering. The solution is also expected to be integrated with machine learning models that predict clinical...
Doctorpresso's REDI mental health diary app
By  Adam Ang 06:39 pm September 17, 2024
A new mental health diary app developed in South Korea leverages generative AI to early screen depression while securing sensitive user data.  HOW IT WORKS Doctorpresso came up with a mobile app called REDI that analyses a user's speech patterns and provides near real-time insights into their mental state.  Through AI, the app analyses four voice characteristics: average pitch, pitch variability...
Deep Bio's prostate cancer analysis AI
By  Adam Ang 02:47 am September 13, 2024
Pharmaceutical and diagnostics giant Roche has recently integrated a suite of AI algorithms into its enterprise digital pathology software. The company has collaborated with South Korean firm Deep Bio to power the navify digital pathology platform with the prostate cancer analysis AI solution, DeepDx Prostate. The AI technology provides pathologists with gland-level Gleason grading, measurements...
A doctor reviewing a patient's record on a laptop computer
By  Adam Ang 09:59 pm August 22, 2024
More APAC leaders to invest in genAI: report Asia-Pacific will see increased investment in generative AI technology over the coming years.  In the ninth edition of Royal Philips' Future Health Index report, over six in 10 APAC leaders polled said they plan to invest in genAI in the next three years. At present, almost 40% of them have already invested in the technology.  While there is great...
Heuron and Medhealth Informatics representatives during a distribution deal signing
By  Adam Ang 02:20 am August 16, 2024
Heuron expands medical AI to Thailand Heuron from South Korea has recently signed a distribution agreement to deliver its medical AI solutions to Thailand. According to a press release, it partnered with AI software distributor Medhealth Informatics to sell Heuron's products, including its stroke triage AI solution Heuron StroCare Suite; Heuron AD, which provides quantitative analysis of brain...
An elderly using a digital tablet
By  Adam Ang 11:09 am August 6, 2024
A research team at the Korean government-backed Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute in Daejeon, a city south of Seoul, has developed a predictive AI technology for screening mild cognitive impairment. HOW IT WORKS Developed by combining existing voice and text analysis models with a large language model, the integrated AI analyses recorded conversations of senior people to...
A surgeon performing a surgery using an augmented reality-based navigation system
By  Adam Ang 06:34 am August 2, 2024
Increasing use of AR-based surgical navigation in Thailand Taiwan-based medtech company SURGLASSES has announced the recent implementations of its augmented reality-based surgical navigation system in Thailand.  Thailand Veterans General Hospital and Chulalongkorn Hospital conducted their first AR-guided surgeries using the Caduceus S system.  Designed for spine surgery, the SURGLASSES system...
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By  Adam Ang 10:21 pm July 21, 2024
AIRS Medical bags $20M to take more global markets Korean medical AI company AIRS Medical has raked in $20 million in a Series C funding round led by BSK Investment and Shinyoung Securities.  Based on a press statement, the company will use its fresh funds to continue its global expansion and invest in R&D.  Last year, AIRS Medical launched its flagship product, SwiftMR, in the United States...