Mayo Clinic partners with SandboxAQ to test its AI-powered cardiac imaging system

DOTmed August 12, 2024
Lauren Dubinsky

Mayo Clinic and SandboxAQ are partnering to test the effectiveness of AI-powered magnetocardiography (MCG) technology for detecting cardiovascular diseases. The CardiAQ imaging system, which has the potential to be less expensive than other diagnostic imaging devices, works by assessing the magnetic signals of the heart.

“Our initial target indication is to help emergency department physicians make triage decisions faster for patients arriving at the ED with chest pain and symptoms suggestive of acute coronary syndrome,” Kit Yee Au-Yeung, director of SandboxAQ’s medical devices division, told HCB News.

She added that she sees CardiAQ as an adjunct to ECG and troponin at the outset. It’s still an investigational device and more data needs to be collected to show its safety and...

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