Google unveils prototype augmented-reality, AI-powered light microscope system

Google (NSDQ:GOOG) this week presented initial data from a prototype augmented reality microscope platform it’s developing for advanced cancer detection, according to a research blog post from the tech giant. The platform consists of a modified light microscope for real-time image analysis and presents analysis from a machine-learning algorithm directly into the users field of view, Google said. Google said the platform could be retrofitted into existing light microscopes generally used in hospitals and clinics using low-cost, readily-available components without the need for digital versions of the scopes. The system can provide a number of visual overlays, including text, arrows, contours, heatmaps and animations, Google said, and is capable of running multiple algorithms intended to improve detection, quantification or classification. In its prototype, Google said it configured the system to run two cancer detection algorithms – one intended to detect breast cancer metastases in lymph node specimens and one intended to detect cancer in prostatectomy specimens. The prototype system overlays an outline around detected tumor regions with a green contour to help draw the pathologists attention without obscuring the tumor cell appearance, Google said. Project researchers said that the device “performed remarkably well” on the augmented-reality system, with the lymph node metastasis models achieving an area-under-the-curve of 0.98 and the prostate cancer...
Source: Mass Device - Category: Medical Devices Authors: Tags: Imaging Research & Development google Source Type: news