New Delhi: By using 5 G Technology of Bharti Airtel, Apollo Hospital performed India’s first 5G-driven, Artificial Intelligence (AI) guided colonoscopy trial. Health Net Global, AWS and Avesha are the other three companies that collaborated in this trial.
Using Airtel’s 5G technologies the colon cancer got detected much faster and with greater accuracy. In the AI-guided colonoscopy procedure, the image dispensation happened in real-time without any delay even when the physician moved the scope through the colon for it to be overlaid on top of the right element of the colon. The introduction of this technology supports an “extra pair of eyes” for Doctor’s and improves the detection rate of polyps, thus saving lives and vastly improving patient care. The data was processed by Avesha edge inferencing applications on AWS platforms in real-time resulting in much faster analysis”.
5G, Edge computing and artificial intelligence can significantly improve patient outcomes by assisting in proper and timely diagnoses & reduces error and time taken for Colonoscopy will be much lesser which ultimately benefit patients.
Presently, colon cancer is detected through colonoscopy procedure (manual) requires attention and time of Doctor for precise detection. Usually manual procedure takes 30 to 40 minutes.
Healthcare is one of the most promising use cases for 5G, and we are delighted to collaborate with Apollo Hospitals, AWS, Health Net Global, and Avesha. This is just the beginning, and I am certain we will bring many more innovative use cases that will help redefine healthcare in the country,” said Ajay Chitkara, CEO and Director, Airtel Business.
Early detection and removal of polyps can easily avoid them from becoming cancerous. Increased accuracy, speed improves the quality of reporting and comfort to both the patients & doctors said a press communiqué issued by Apollo Hospital.
