24 Jul Microsoft collaborates with Mass General Brigham, University of Wisconsin-Madison on AI in medical imaging

By Heather Landi, Fierce Healthcare

Microsoft continues to deepen its work in healthcare AI. The tech giant is now collaborating with academic medical systems Mass General Brigham and the University of Wisconsin-Madison to advance AI in medical imaging.

The aim is to develop, test and validate AI algorithms and applications that improve the accuracy and consistency of medical image analysis and enable healthcare organizations to build medical imaging AI copilots, the organizations said.

Researchers and clinicians at Mass General Brigham, UW School of Medicine and Public Health, and UW Health will work with the tech company to advance state-of-the-art multimodal foundation models. Microsoft and the partner health systems will research how these algorithms and applications can help radiologists and clinicians interpret medical images and assist with report generation, disease classification and structured data analysis, according to the organizations. Read more…