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YITU takes smart healthcare to the next level

  • China
  • 4 min read
  • Sep 30, 2018
  • By Liu Jing

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AI programs developed by this Chinese medtech startup provide more accurate diagnoses by reading medical images in conjunction with patients’ medical records

The potential applications of AI to the healthcare sector have captured the imagination of startups all over the world.
China, in particular, is betting big on AI technology to fix two of the country’s major problems: a shortage of medical professionals and the medical resource imbalance between urban and rural areas.
In a country as populous as China, hospitals have to deal with an enormous amount of data every day, more than 80% of which are medical images. To date, the application of AI in the healthcare field has been largely focused on cloud storage and smart interpretation...

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Edited by Wendy Lovinger

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