Microsoft software to "replace" radiologists - recognizes organs and structures in medical images

Microsoft Research, Mar 8, 2011: InnerEye focuses on the analysis of patient scans using machine learning techniques for automatic detection and segmentation of healthy anatomy as well as anomalies:



Antonio Criminisi is the the researcher shown in the video above.

The InnerEye research project focuses on the automatic analysis of patients' scans by using machine learning techniques for:

- Automatic detection and segmentation of healthy anatomy, as well as anomalies

- Semantic navigation and visualization

Microsoft Research methods aim to combine medical expertise and modern machine learning theory in the design of tools for computer-aided diagnosis, personalized medicine, and natural user interfaces for surgical intervention.

The InnerEye project has a host of famous collaborators, including Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, The University of Oxford, Cornell Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, the University of Washington, Kings College London, and Cambridge University Hospitals.

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References:

Medical Image Analysis

InnerEye: Visual Recognition in the Hospital
A Search Engine for the Human Body. Technology Review.

Comments from Twitter:

@hrana (Hisham Rana, MD): No thanks. RT @DrVes: Microsoft software to "replace" radiologists - recognizes organs and structures in medical images http://goo.gl/HwNNx

@doctorwhitecoat (Vamsi Balakrishnan): Definitely not a replacement... but cool tool in development.

@DrVes: Well, of course it's not a replacement... :) Just as "Watson" supercomputer won't replace PCPs/specialists...

@doctorwhitecoat (Vamsi Balakrishnan): Watson can't replace 3rd year Med students either; it can't do scutwork...:)

@ILoveOrthopedix (Orthopaedic Resident): MS Radiology! very interesting - the ECG machines recognise patterns & give diagnoses, but all the doctors make their own diagnosis.

@drcrosby (Bradley Dick): Reminiscent of Robin Cook's "Brain"?! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_(novel))