4 years ago

Qure.ai Secures £3.2 Million for AI-Powered Cancer Diagnosis Technology

  • Eight late-stage innovation projects have been awarded a total of £9m in funding to develop cancer diagnosis technologies

  • The funding was awarded by SBRI Healthcare, an NHS improvement initiative, in partnership with the NHS Cancer Programme and the Accelerated Access Collaborative

  • The largest funding allocation went to Qure.ai, which received £3.2m to test its chest X-ray AI technology

  • The company will conduct a research programme to analyse the detection of long nodules on chest X-rays, which can indicate lung cancer is present

  • Other projects and organisations to receive funding include Open Medial, Endoscop-i, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Pinpoint Data Science, The Newcastle Upon Tyne HNFT, Orion Medtech Ltd C.I.C and the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.

      • ProblemHealthcare

      "Diagnosing cancer early is crucial for effective treatment, but current methods can be slow and inaccurate, leading to delayed diagnoses and reduced survival rates."

      Solution

      "Developing and implementing innovative cancer diagnosis technologies, including image diagnostic software, artificial intelligence, and cloud-based services, to enable earlier and faster cancer detection, improving patient outcomes."

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