LONDON (PRWEB) NOVEMBER 25, 2022
Kheiron Medical Technologies announced a new technology collaboration with Microsoft that is already supporting the detection of breast cancers alongside radiologists. Kheiron, which has pioneered the development and deployment of an AI solution called Mia® to help radiologists find breast cancer earlier, is leveraging the power and scale of Microsoft’s Azure Cloud to enable the global reach and impact of its technology.
Breast cancer is extremely hard to detect. About 20% to 30% of women with breast cancer have tumours that are missed by mammogram screening, which is why many countries mandate that two radiologists should read every mammogram. Operating as a medical device in the Azure Cloud, the Kheiron solution gives hospitals or breast screening centres with internet connectivity the ability to use Mia to read mammograms and help radiologists make the critical decision in breast screening: To reassure a woman that her mammogram is normal or call her back for further investigation.
“We hear regularly about women whose cancer was detected by the Mia solution but missed by radiologists because it’s such a difficult task,” says Dr Peter Kecskemethy, CEO of Kheiron. “That’s a wife, mother, sister, daughter or friend who now has a better chance of surviving because of our work with Microsoft. Imagine if we could scale this to help millions of women? That’s exactly what we believe we can do with the global reach of the Azure Cloud.”