How AI is changing the diagnostic landscape, slowly but steadily

Med-tech companies are working round the clock to come up with AI-based solutions

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly helping in the diagnosis of tuberculosis and cancer in various stages. The applications and use cases are innumerable, and, increasingly, the Indian health care sector is warming up to AI-based diagnosis and interventions. 

On Tuesday, Mylab Discovery Solutions was the latest addition to this ever-growing band-wagon of use of AI in diagnostics — when it announced its partnership with Qure.ai, a provider of AI software, for medical imaging and deploy AI-enabled chest X-rays for early detection of tuberculosis (TB). Mylab’s soon-to-be-launched hand-held X-ray device MyBeam will use AI software to improve the accuracy and speed