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Thirona launches AI-powered solution for COVID-19 analysis on CT scans

Thirona
21 Apr 2020
Edward Carter
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Thirona, a company specialized in artificial intelligence (AI) for medical image analysis, has launched its AI software for COVID-19 triage based on CT scans. The new solution, called CAD4COVID-CT, follows the recent launch of CAD4COVID for X-ray images.

“We believe imaging and AI can make a difference in the COVID-19 pandemic,” says Dr. Eva van Rikxoort, Managing Director of Thirona. “We developed two solutions to triage COVID-19 based on our existing AI software for diseases like COPD, asthma and tuberculosis.”

Developed for scale

Besides being available in the Cloud, Thirona has partnered with German company Smart Reporting to make CAD4COVID available on a larger scale. Smart Reporting provides a platform for enhanced medical documentation and launched a free template at the end of March to provide guidance for the diagnosis of COVID-19 in computed tomography of the chest. CAD4COVID-CT is being integrated into Smart Reporting’s template, making it instantly accessible to the more than 10,000 radiologists who are registered on its platform.

Rapid detection and disease progression analysis

CAD4COVID-CT was developed in close collaboration with Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands and the Institute for Digital Medicine - Fraunhofer MEVIS in Germany. The product was developed and validated in over 500 CT scans and performs on the same level as a radiologist. CAD4COVID-CT assesses the suspicion of COVID-19 as well as the severity of the infection based on the percentage of the affected lung. The software aims to enable a quicker detection of suspected COVID-19 cases and allows healthcare specialists to track disease progression and recovery in COVID-19 patients.

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