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SHANGHAI, March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

The Intelligent Evaluation System of Chest CT for COVID-19, developed by YITU

under the guidance of Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, was officially

launched and was put into the first-line battle against COVID-19 pandemic on

Jan. 28. It is the first AI-equipped diagnostic assistant, which significantly

improves efficiency in identifying coronavirus through automatic detection and

quantitative analysis within 2-3 seconds, and eases the burden of Chinese doctors.

YITU Healthcare reinforced its R&D capability with multi-departments

cooperation right after the outbreak of the pandemic and released its

cutting-edge AI diagnosis system, with upgrades on a daily basis during the

Chinese New Year. YITU assisted many designated medical institutions and

supported the frontline heroes fighting the pandemic.

According to its official public account of Shanghai Public Health Clinical

Center, one of the authoritative institutions in the field of infectious

diseases in China and the key unit for the treatment of COVID-19 in Shanghai,

an article titled "AI Aids the Scientific Prevention and Control, Intelligent

Evaluation System for COVID-19 Launched in Shanghai Public Health Clinical

Center", announced its latest achievements in using artificial intelligence

technology to help doctors carry out quantitative analysis and evaluation of

therapeutic efficacy of new coronavirus lesions based on CT images.

COVID-19 Diagnosis and Treatment Plan (Trial Version 7) issued by the General

Office of the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China

stipulates that CT imaging results should be used as one of the criteria for

the diagnosis of COVID-19 nationwide. At the same time, based on clinical

experience, the CT imaging performance of COVID-19 is further clarified and the

quantitative evaluation of CT images is incorporated into the clinical

classification basis.

YITU's AI-driven solution of intelligent diagnosis and quantitative evaluation

of CT images of COVID-19, are through industry-leading image algorithms, and

grade the severity of various pneumonia diseases of local lesions, diffuse

lesions, and whole lung involvement. Furthermore, it accurately quantifies the

cumulative pneumonia load of the disease through quantitative and omics

analysis of key image features such as the morphology, range, and density of

the lesion, and achieves a dynamic 4D contrast of the lung lesions on the CT,

helping in clinical judgment of the condition, evaluation of the efficacy, and

prediction of the prognosis.

Taking up the challenge and responsibility in response to frontline needs and

requests, YITU's Intelligent Evaluation System of Chest CT for COVID-19 has

been adopted across 25 provinces and municipal autonomous prefectures in 100

medical institutions and served over 100,000 person-times in China by far.

Source: YITU Technology