Healthcare has great potential for AI as there are many challanges which are appropriate for development. We work with local hospitals to provide solutions to their real medical challanges.

Identifying viable organs for transplant

When assessing organs for transplant it is essential to assess the viability of the organ. A lot of effort can be put into collecting an organ and prepping a potential recipient, just to find out that the organ is not suitable. We work with medics to take pictures of organs and assess if they are suitable for transplant.

Identifying skin lesions and determining skin cancer

Many people present to their GP with worrysome skin lesions. In most cases these are not a problem. However, they all need checking out. This normally requires the person visiting a specialist clinic for diagnosis. This takes time and causes distress to the person. We are working with local medics to develop ways of taking pictures which have been taken on a mobile phone and identifying if this is potentially cancerous and if so what type of cancer. This would allow for rapid treatment of patients where cancer is suspected whilst allowing others to be reassured that it is most likely not cancerous.

Understanding the pathology of mitochondrial disease

Mitochondrial diseases are currently untreatable, one of the reasons for this is that we don’t completely understand their causes and effects (i.e. pathology). To study these diseases, scientists use observational data from various patient groups and controls, find patterns in this data and determine thresholds that can classify/quantify these diseases. One type of observational data relevant in mitochondrial diseases is the imaging of protein expression in muscle and neuronal cells that manifest the function/dysfunction of these cells. We are working with medics to better understand the pathology.