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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 program to screen women for cervical cancer using AI has been launched in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
Community organisation Ho Chi Minh City Public Health Association (HPHA) partnered with listed Australian company TruScreen and its local distributor Gorton Health Services to run the community-based program, which aims to screen 260,000 women in the city over five years.
The partnership...
A new study from South Korea has demonstrated the use of AI models to possibly diagnose and stratify attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by analysing eye images.
FINDINGS
Researchers from Yonsei University Health System used four machine learning models and the AutoMorph deep learning pipeline to analyse approximately 1,108 retinal fundus photographs from over 600 children with ADHD and...
Coreline Soft announces first China partnership
South Korean medical AI company Coreline Soft has entered into its first partnership in China.
It signed a memorandum of understanding with Suhai Information Technology, which reportedly runs a network of medical institutions in China. Coreline Soft will tap into this network to collect clinical data, which will help tailor its AI software...
Research from Japan has demonstrated the use of eye-tracking technology in the early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder.
Waseda University associate professor Mikimasa Omori set out to examine whether children with potential ASD would exhibit a preference for predictable movement – a behaviour indicative of the neurodevelopmental disorders – longer than typically developing children.
FINDINGS...
Seoul National University Hospital has developed what could be the first medical large language model in South Korea.
The project to develop the medical LLM began last year in March. The SNUH research team started by collecting 38 million clinical texts, including hospital admissions, outpatients, surgical, prescription, and nursing records, and de-identified and anonymised them to create a base...
The mobile application for medical emergency services in South Korea has been refreshed after over a decade.
Launched in 2014, the Ministry of Health and Welfare's 129 app now has new features to quickly book and access virtual consultations with health counsellors.
It has introduced sign language-based video consultations, which people with speech and hearing difficulties can make a reservation...
Asan Medical Center has developed a voice-based clinical documentation system powered by a large language model.
HOW IT WORKS
The system automatically records and analyses conversations – including identifying symptoms and classifying diseases – between and among staff and patients in near real-time. It also creates patients' medical records on the spot which are automatically saved to AMIS 3.0,...
Dozee bags $8M for global expansion
Dozee is seeking to enter new international markets following its latest fundraising.
The Indian medical device maker raised INR 71.5 crore ($8.3 million) from Temasek Trust's C3H and other investors.
"Beyond the [United States], we are exploring new international markets while broadening our product portfolio to cover the entire continuum of care — from...
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...
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