United Arab EmiratesHealthcare and life sciences2017 – ongoingDubai Health Authority
Salem AI chest X-ray screening for tuberculosis
Dubai Health Authority reported 95% accuracy in a Salem AI chest X-ray pilot
Problem
Dubai Health Authority screened expatriates for infectious chest diseases during residence-visa medical examinations. Reading chest X-rays contributed to waiting time for applicants and medical staff.
Approach
DHA worked with Agfa HealthCare on Salem AI, an algorithm for reading chest X-rays. An initial pilot ran at Muhaisnah Medical Centre. A second phase tested randomly selected images from across DHA's 20 medical fitness centres; wider rollout was still pending.
Results
Takeaway
The reported accuracy came from pilot testing. DHA did not disclose the number of tuberculosis cases identified.
Categories
- Size
- Large enterprise
- Industry
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Business function
- Production and quality
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Computer vision
- Adoption
- Partner co-development
- Evidence
- Company's own claim
Sources
Source summaries
Gulf News relayed DHA's results of 90% accuracy in the first pilot and 95% in the second phase. It reported that rollout across all centres was still forthcoming and that DHA had not disclosed tuberculosis case counts.
Full details are in the original sources.
