Kakao Brain Collaborates with University Hospitals... Accelerating Development of Ultra-Large AI for Medical Imaging
[Asia Economy Reporter Yuri Choi] Kakao Brain is accelerating the development of medical imaging services utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
On the 13th, Kakao Brain announced that it has completed joint research agreements with a total of nine university hospitals for research on ultra-large AI models in the field of medical imaging.
During the two-year joint research period, the collaborating university hospitals will provide clinical experience and medical consultation, while Kakao Brain plans to develop an AI service that generates draft medical imaging reports to help improve the efficiency of doctors' reading tasks.
The company expects that through joint research with prestigious university hospitals, it will be able to accelerate the development of medical imaging services using ultra-large AI technology. The university hospitals that signed joint research agreements are ▲Chungnam National University Hospital ▲Chungbuk National University Hospital ▲Ewha Medical Center (Seoul, Mokdong Hospital) ▲Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center ▲Soonchunhyang Medical Center (Cheonan, Gumi, Seoul Hospitals) ▲Ajou University Hospital.
Based on this collaboration, Kakao Brain will focus on customer-centered research and development and plans to unveil a research-use AI web service that generates draft reports for chest X-ray (CXR) medical images in the first half of next year. In the future, alongside the development of commercial models, the scope of research and development for medical imaging reading assistance services applying ultra-large AI models will be expanded.
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Kim Il-du, CEO of Kakao Brain, said, “Based on the world's largest scale of collaboration, we will further accelerate research and development of medical imaging reading assistance services applying ultra-large AI technology,” and added, “We will join forces with prestigious university hospitals to lead innovation in medical imaging services in the global healthcare market.”
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