The
development of technology enables various things that have been possible only
through imagination. One of them is a medical system using artificial
intelligence. Recently, Amazon 's Jeff Bezos, Berkshire Hathaway' s Warren
Buffett and JPMorgan 's Jamie Dyman have joined forces to establish HAVEN, a
nonprofit corporation, to reform the US medical system.
Their goal is
to introduce Amazon's artificial intelligence technology into their healthcare
services, and to reform the system so that many people get sufficient medical
care at a low cost.
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| havenhealth.com |
At
present, how far has the AI medical technology developed,
An
AI physician, developed by IDx in 2018, has examined the blindness caused by
diabetes without human help and has presented the diagnosis results.
The
device, called 'Idx-Dr', was developed to find early signs of vision loss
(diabetic retinopathy) commonly found in people with diabetes. It is a machine
that learns about 1 million retinal images The patient may find signs of
diabetic retinopathy. And since it is the first FDA-approved AI medical device
available to all physicians, more people will be able to get the treatment at a
lower cost in the future.
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| wipsglobal.com <patent search database, WIPS Global> ; a patent for retinopathy detection of Idx-Dr |
What
if the surgical robot and AI were combined,
Currently,
surgical robot technology has reached a pretty high level. Unlike people, they
do not feel nervous or tired, and they can continue to make research and
development because they can make very sophisticated movements through the
development of technology. According to a news article, about 7 out of 10 cases
of domestic prostate cancer surgery are being done by using robots, and
recently, there have been reports of success in colorectal cancer surgery using
robots. . If the AI technology is further developed and it is possible to
diagnose and operate on its own, many more people are expected to get medical
benefits in a wider coverage.
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| therobotreport.com ; medical robot Davinci SP |
The
Future of AI Medical
The
development of technology is proceeding very rapidly. If we were able to use AI
to get treatment without the help of a doctor, it would be of great help to
those who are hard to get the medical
treatment due to economic conditions. Of course, it is still the level
of maneuvering the robot with human hands, and it is true that AI is
technologically and ethically far away in order to go into medical treatment
and surgery on its own. However, since domestic and global big corporations are
investing heavily in the medical and AI industries, it is clear that the time
for robots to diagnose themselves is coming.
