HONG KONG , Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese University of HongKong announced on Sept. 6 that a research team led by Prof. HengPheng Ann, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, hasdeveloped an automated image processing technology that , throughdeep learning, is able to offer efficient and accurate diagnosisusing CT scan and histopathological images.
The technology has been tested on two of Hong Kong's mostprevalent cancers, lung cancer and breast cancer , achievingdiagnostic accuracies of 91 percent and 99 percent respectively indurations of between 30 seconds and 10 minutes.
The tests demonstrate that the technology not only boostsefficiency in clinical diagnosis, but also reduces misdiagnosis.The automated screening and analysis technology is expected to bewidely adopted by the local medical sector in the next couple ofyears. Enditem