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Hologic and Google Cloud team up on digital diagnostics for cervical cancer

Hologic (NSDQ:HOLX) has entered into a multi-year deal to use Google Cloud’s machine learning and deep learning technologies with its Genius digital diagnostics system, a cytology platform that uses volumetric imaging data to identify precancerous lesions and cancer cells of the cervix.

The machine learning and deep learning capabilities from Google Cloud will enable Hologic to build on its more than three decades of experience in cervical cancer screening, according to Kevin Thornal, president of Hologic’s Diagnostic Solutions division. “Enhancing our use of AI with Google Cloud’s machine learning capabilities and cloud architecture is the next natural step in this journey forward,” he said in a statement.

Genius Digital Diagnostics is CE-marked for use in Europe. It is not yet available in the U.S.

The FDA is currently overhauling how it regulates machine learning-based software for medical device applications.

In related news, Hologic recently …

FDA clears HD Medical’s smart stethoscope

The HD Steth system [Image courtesy of HD Medical]

HD Medical said today that it’s secured FDA clearance for its HD Steth, which uses artificial intelligence to enable clinicians to perform an advanced cardiac evaluation at point-of-care.

The FDA clearance covers all three product classification codes of DQD, DQC and DPS for an electronic stethoscope, phonocardiograph and electrocardiograph — all combined into one device. Four microprocessors back up the HD Steth technology, with components and sensors fro Maxim Integrated Products enabling lower power consumption and better accuracy.

“The quality and intensity of heart sounds are phenomenal on HD Steth, and it delivers the most impressive sound quality advancements in my last 40 years of stethoscope use,” said Dr. Ethiraj Raj, a cardiovascular disease specialist in Flint, Mich.

“The opportunity to amplify the sounds along with simultaneous v…

GE Healthcare launches chest X-ray AI to better spot COVID-19

Officials at GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) think the company’s new Thoracic Care Suite — a collection of eight AI algorithms from Lunit Insight CXR — could help clinicians in the fight against COVID-19.

The AI suite, launched today, quickly analyzes chest X-ray findings and flags abnormalities for radiologist review, according to GE. It can spot potential pneumonia — a symptom of COVID-19. It can also highlight tuberculosis, lung nodules, and other radiological findings.

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Accuray launches CyberKnife S7 system

CyberKnife S7 system (Image from Accuray)

Accuray (NSDQ:ARAY) announced today that it launched its CyberKnife S7 system for stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT).

Using real-time artificial intelligence-driven motion tracking and synchronization, CyberKnife S7 offers treatments for SRS and SBRT in as little as 15 minutes, according to a news release.

The system’s AI adapts radiation delivery to patient and/or tumor movement throughout the course of treatment while offering more positions from which radiation beams can be delivered, giving physicians the ability to maximize radiation doses to the tumor and minimize doses to the surrounding healthy tissues, according to a news release.

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Accuray touts its next-generation system from the CyberKnife platform as capable of treating cancerous and benign tumors throughout the body, a…