Alice Chambers |
Researchers and clinicians at Mass General Brigham, University of Wisconsin School for Medicine and Public Health, and UW Health will work with Microsoft to further advance the use of generative artificial intelligence in medical imaging.
The organisations will collaborate on the development, testing and validation of multimodal foundation models for radiology systems, which will be built on the Microsoft Azure AI platform and the Nuance suite of radiology applications such as the Nuance PowerScribe radiology reporting platform and the Nuance Precision Imaging Network.
“We are excited to collaborate with Microsoft on the development, validation and thoughtful clinical investigation of generative AI in the medical imaging space,” said Scott Reeder, chair of the department of radiology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, and radiologist at UW Health. “Our focus is to bridge the gap within medical imaging from innovation to patient care in ways that improve outcomes and make innovative care more accessible.”
In turn, Microsoft and its partners will continue to explore how advanced algorithms and applications can help radiologists and other clinicians interpret medical images, and assist with report generation, disease classification and structured data analysis.
“Together, we are not only advancing medical imaging, but also helping deliver more accessible and better-quality patient care in a very resource-constrained environment,” said Peter Durlach, corporate vice president of Microsoft Health and Life Sciences.