While every profession is evolving for the better, Medical Tech is something we have seen grow slowly but surely. There’s a good reason for that because it isn’t the easiest to make as there are so many regulations to deal with. But Taiwan is a country known to be technologically advanced in its healthcare segment (case in point: see how they handled the Coronavirus). Acer Medical does bring interesting things to the table – like this Acer VeriSee DR which brings gives diagnosis like an ophthalmologist.
Acer VeriSee DR
The Acer VeriSee DR is an AI-Assisted Diagnostic software which leverages the Acer ARC-1000 machine you see here, which is a Non-Mydriatic Automated Portable Fundus Camera. To give a gist of the machine itself, it houses a 12MP sensor that captures Colour, digital red-free images in JPEDC, PNG or DICOM which is a proprietary standard used in Medical. Not only that, with the ability to do fixation targets and a montage of the retinal scans, portable and even automated 3D tracking makes this a decent machine to go for.
Now talking about the software: It uses a deep learning system to be able to give diagnostic results which would match the likes of an ophthalmologist. Interestingly, to develop the AI model for this one, Acer used images from proper specialists and got it tested in a clinical trial over a reference standard. What comes after this is pretty impressive. With a 93% accuracy, Acer VeriSee DR has the ability to capture Diabetic Retinopathy signs and even provide referrals to ophthalmologists.
Acer is introducing the software to perform other things such as detecting other Diabetic Retinopathy lesions and pointing the locations. Since it is software, and Acer does make their own Retina Camera, one would think it’s limited to them but it isn’t. Acer is making this software available and compatible with every other manufacturer like Nikon, Canon, Kowa, and Miis to name a few. It also can be used offline with no issues whatsoever.
There are some hardware requirements of course: the processor used on the PC which connects to these machines needs to have an AVX instruction set, followed by 16GB RAM, 256GB and above, and a screen resolution of 720p or above.
AI in Medical is pretty exciting and as a Medical professional myself, I am all in for that.
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