AI in Healthcare March 25, 2021
Dave Pearson

The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance to clinical decision support software that uses AI to detect small but potentially cancerous lesions in the lungs.

U.K.-based Optellum says its Virtual Nodule Clinic is the first product to gain an FDA nod for applying AI to diagnose lung cancer early in its development.

The software computes a cancer-prediction score from patterns of 3D pixels on images acquired from standard CT scanners.

Optellum’s announcement quotes pulmonologist Anil Vachani, MD, of the University of...

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Topics: AI (Artificial Intelligence), FDA, Govt Agencies, Provider, Technology
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