Facial recognition startup Yitu teams up with Chinese hospital to reduce cancer mortality rate using big data

The system will offer doctors a diagnosis and suggested treatment within seconds and is likely to be approved by the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) next year, according to Ni.

Chinese startup Yitu Technology has teamed up with a hospital in Chengdu to use artificial intelligence to reduce wait times for lab results and speed up diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

Initially focusing on lung cancer, the most common form of cancer deaths in China, a system co-developed by Yitu and West China hospital, will assist doctors in diagnosing and treating the disease by processing real time inputs from written records, genetic tests, scans and pathological examinations.