Google Cloud is working with the US Department of Defense (DoD) to deliver an AR microscope for cancer diagnoses. The project involves prototyping an AI-enabled digital pathology solution at select DoD facilities. The company cited research from the Veterans Affairs Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety which found up to 5% of outpatient diagnoses were conducted in error.
The goal of the DIU-Google Cloud project is therefore to help improve the accuracy of diagnosis. The AR microscope will overlay AI-based information for doctors giving them cancer detection tools at the point of care. This will include Google tools such as TensorFlow, a framework to deliver machine learning models, as well as the Google Cloud Healthcare API for privacy.
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