AI medical care warms up 2019 Big Data Expo

During the 2019 China International Big Data Fusion Innovation & AI Global Competition, which has been held in six sub-contest areas since Feb 28, the application of AI technology in medical care area has received great attention and is expected to promote the development of medical care in China.

The competition has attracted teams from the medical care, transportation, agriculture, culture, and education areas. Three out of the top 16 projects selected from the Chengdu and Wuhan sub-contest areas involve AI medical care.

A smart toothbrush project developed by a Chengdu technology company is the first toothbrush that collects oral images with an embedded camera and provides diagnosis of oral diseases with an accuracy of 92.47 percent.

According to the diagnosis, the toothbrush will offer individualized nursing schemes and guidance. So far, the project has signed letters of interest worth over 10 million yuan ($1.5 million) and has received support from the State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases and the Institute of Computing Technology of Chinese Academy of Science.

Another medical health hardware product can infuse drugs into the skin with ultrasonic conductivity to increase the number of white blood cells during cancer chemotherapy treatments.

A robot developed by a Wuhan technology company is designed to take care of senior citizens, and is the first of its kind in the country. It is designed to be applied in hospitals, nursing homes, and households to help the seniors get up, turn over, and walk by themselves without being accompanied by people. It will also call for help in emergencies.

The finals of the competition will be held during the 2019 Big Data Expo, which will be held in Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province this May.