Tech & devices

More than a third of women across 10 health care practices in the US chose to enrol in a self-pay, artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced breast cancer screening programme, and the women who enrolled were 21 per cent more likely to have cancer detected, according to new research. AI has shown great promise in mammography as a [...]

A new mammography system has been unveiled which has been designed to provide mammography technologists with a suite of tools that balance the demands of diagnostic accuracy and fast-paced workflows to facilitate more patient-centred breast care. Developed by GE HealthCare, the Pristina Via mammography system aims to minimise repetitive tasks and streamline workflows so that [...]

Persperity Health, a new company spun out of The California Institute of Technology, has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding to accelerate the development of its sweat-sensing technology that provides real-time, non-invasive hormonal insights. The technology enables real-time hormone monitoring through device-based sweat analysis, enabling non-invasive hormone monitoring for women ad providing personalised health insights. [...]

 For women with breast cancer undergoing mastectomy, an online decision aid can help in making informed decisions regarding immediate breast reconstruction (IBR). Breast reconstruction for women undergoing mastectomy can improve psychosocial outcomes such as body image and sexual functioning. Among the complex decisions facing these patients is whether to undergo breast reconstruction immediately after mastectomy [...]

An innovative pelvic floor device has been developed by University of Porto, Portugal, researchers that could provide relief for millions of women suffering from pelvic floor disorders. Pelvic floor muscles are vital for supporting pelvic structures such as the bladder, bladder neck and urethra, and in the mechanism of the urethral sphincter, explains the Porto [...]

New research has shown that an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled digital stethoscope helped doctors identify twice as many cases of heart failure compared to a control group that received usual obstetric care and screening.  Heart failure during pregnancy is a dangerous and often under-detected condition because common symptoms – shortness of breath, extreme fatigue and trouble [...]

It’s no secret that all industries are being transformed by developing technology, and healthcare is no exception. The healthcare industry has always been at the forefront of technological advancements, but today, these changes are creating a more personalized and convenient approach to healthcare, particularly in the realm of weight loss. We now know more about [...]

The technology could help doctors find malignancies in mammograms, freeing up clinical time

Singaporean startup FathomX raised US$2M funding to develop its AI model for mammograms. FanthomX aims to increase the accuracy of mammograms in breast cancer detection using AI-integrated devices for detection, prevention and diagnostics.  Through this funding, the company will be able to harness the full potential of its digital AI solution to read medical images [...]

A new partnership aims to advance AI-enabled digital pathology for end-to-end breast tumour profiling PathPresenter, a digital pathology platform and 4D Path, a Boston company producing computer-aided cancer diagnostic products, are announcing a global partnership to distribute 4D Q-plasia OncoReader Breast within the new clinical workflow platform, ClinPx. The 4D Q-plasia OncoReader Breast uses digitised [...]