A large language model-powered AI assistant developed in Hong Kong has demonstrated high accuracy in thyroid cancer staging and risk classification.
A team of researchers from the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), the InnoHK Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine conducted the study which built what...
A team of engineers at The Chinese University of Hong Kong has developed an AI-based blood pressure management system featuring a large language model from DeepSeek.
HOW IT WORKS
The system called Dr PAI (personalised AI doctor) integrates wearable technology with DeepSeek to enable 24/7 monitoring and tracking of dynamic blood pressure changes and heart rate variability. It also collects...
Coreline Soft announces Australia launch, new FDA approval
South Korean medical imaging AI company Coreline Soft has made its way to Australia after securing a partnership with a major medical device supplier.
It entered into a strategic partnership with ASX-listed ParagonCare, which aims at major hospitals launching lung cancer screening projects as part of the Australian National Lung Cancer...
Engineers from the University of Hong Kong have developed a generative AI-based imaging method that supports cancer diagnosis.
HOW IT WORKS
CytoMAD (Cyto-Morphology Adversarial Distillation) combines AI and microfluidic technology to do label-free imaging of tumours at the individual cell level. It can capture cell images "at great speed, enhance these images, and automatically correct...
Hong Kong-based startup PanopticAI has obtained regulatory approval in the United States for its contactless pulse rate measuring application.
It received the US Food and Drug Administration's 510(k) clearance for the PanopticAI Vital Signs app on iOS devices.
Based on PanopticAI's proprietary remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) algorithms, the app transforms the cameras of iOS devices into...
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has announced that its engineers have created what could be the world's smallest multifunctional surgical robot.
Made of hollow skeleton, optical fibre array, functionalized skin, and coated with a gel-like outer layer, the 0.95-millimetre robot is 60% smaller than existing endoscopic robots.
It integrates what researchers from the HKUST School...
Cornerstone Robotics bags $70M Series C funding
Surgical robotics maker Cornerstone Robotics from Hong Kong has raised over $70 million in a Series C funding round led by EQT. It also received additional investment from the Hong Kong government's Innovation and Technology Venture Fund.
The company, established in 2019, will use its fresh funds to expand into key global markets in Europe and...
Researchers from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Beijing Tongren Hospital have developed a foundational AI model for automated eye disease diagnosis.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
The generative AI model, VisionFM, was pre-trained on a large ophthalmic data cohort containing 3.4 million images from over 500,000 individuals worldwide. The pre-training dataset covers eight eye imaging modalities,...
The University of Hong Kong's Faculty of Dentistry has launched a community-based programme to detect oral health diseases among the elderly using mobile AI.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
The Dental AI Community Care Project features an AI-powered mobile application for detecting gum inflammation. It will train community volunteers, comprising dental students and community residents, to provide personalised...
Vuno receives second 510(k)
South Korean medical AI company Vuno has obtained a 510(k) clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration for its chest X-ray analysis AI software.
The VunoMed Chest X-ray Triage quickly screens for pneumothorax and pleural effusion in chest X-ray images.
This FDA win is a second for Vuno, who first received a 510(k) for its brain image analysis AI in...
