Medical Imaging Devices based on AI, UHD
Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics have launched new medical imaging devices in the North American market.
The two companies announced on Nov. 26 that they exhibited a variety of medical imaging devices based on artificial intelligence (AI) and ultra high definition (UHD) technology at the Radiological Society of North America's Annual Meeting 2018, which kicked off in Chicago, the U.S. on Nov. 25 (local time). The six-day event is an academic conference and exhibition attended by about 55,000 doctors and healthcare professionals from around the world.
Samsung Electronics and Samsung Medison introduced ultrasound diagnostic devices, digital x-ray devices, computed tomography (CT) scanners, and magnetic resonance imagers (MRI) that utilize AI technology. Especially, they highlighted “S-Detect for Breast” function that analyzes the characteristics of selected lesions in breast ultrasound images using AI technology. This function helps medical staffs determine the presence of a lesion and provides a standardized diagnostic report based on big data composed of 10,000 cases of ultrasound diagnosis.
LG Electronics set up an operating room at the center of its booth so that visitors could directly watch operations with surgical monitors. A UHD surgical monitor (model name: 27HJ710S) and a full HD surgical monitor (model name: 27HK510S) were put front and center. These products clearly show blood and lesions and can show the moves of surgical instruments on their screens with high response speed, helping doctors accurately perform operations.
LG also introduced digital X-ray detectors (model names: 17HK700G-W and 14HK701G-W). They produce digital files of the results of shoots and send them to PCs in several seconds to show the images. Unlike traditional x-ray machines, patients do not need to wait for a long time because digital X-ray detectors do not need film.