A London-based AI company has created clinical decision support tools for eye-care professionals. Visulytix retinal imaging AI analysis platform is able to read a retinal picture or OCT scan, taken from the back of a patient’s eye by a technician, in a few seconds. The system, known as Pegasus, can then detect and screen for…
A Belgium-based medical technology company that has developed software for DNA analysis has raised $9.3 million in funding. UgenTec has developed AI-driven polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis and workflow software. The company’s FastFinder software automates and standardises high-throughput molecular diagnostics, enabling molecular labs to test DNA samples for fields such as infectious disease and oncology….
Innovate UK, the country’s innovation agency, has awarded a grant to Aseptika and Zenzium for the development of a new home-based early warning system, using artificial intelligence (AI), for people with severe respiratory disease. A challenge for many patients that suffer from long-term health conditions during the winter months is discerning whether they are suffering…
Irish diagnostics company, Diaceutics, has announced a collaboration with computer manufacturer Lenovo, and chip manufacturer Intel. Diaceutics will work with the companies using AI to see whether patients can be grouped together according to diagnostic test information. The company hopes that by doing this, it can identify ways to improve diagnosis, treatment and outcomes for…
Antonio Marino, consultant at healthcare policy and communications group, Incisive Health, looks at how the NHS can prepare for the rise of artificial intelligence technologies. In her speech in Davos last month, Theresa May became the latest senior politician to add her voice to the growing hype around the potential of artificial intelligence in healthcare…