Intel and Samsung Medison: NerveTrack Ultrasonic Technology

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2021: Announcing NerveTrack Technology

On March 18, 2021, Intel and Samsung Medison announced a collaboration on ultrasound NerveTrack technology that will help anesthesiologists detect nerves in the patient's hand to conduct a quick and accurate pain relief procedure. By means of tool kit for machine zreniyaintel Distribution of OpenVINO the developed technology potentially can reduce scanning time to 30%.

Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia (UGRA) is becoming standard practice in needle insertion procedures, including vascular access and peripheral nerve blockade. However, even with UGRA, it is not easy for anesthesiologists to correctly identify nerves, which sometimes have a diameter of only 2 millimeters, or properly see the tip of the needle. The NerveTrack technology will help anesthesiologists automatically recognize nerves in real time, increasing accuracy and thereby reducing the likelihood of complications.

To keep pace with changes in health care, reliable partners and flexible technologies are needed. So we joined forces with Intel to build a NerveTrack solution. By combining our skills and solutions, we can help practitioners apply technology to more quickly and accurately identify nerve locations. As a result, it provides less risk, better patient outcomes, and more effective medical practice, said Dr. Won-Chul Bang (Dr. Won-Chul Bang), vice president of Samsung Medison, responsible for the company's grocery strategy.

The NerveTrack solution, based on an Intel software product OpenVINO retrieves information real-time ultrasound scans to detect and locate nerve locations. To train your own algorithm Samsung with the ability to automatically detect nerves on ultrasound images in real time, a significant amount of clinical ultrasound was required. data With the use of the Intel OpenVINO CVAT (Computer Vision Annotation Tool), the total volume of training data increased by 7 times, resulting in an increase in accuracy of more than 20 percent.

NerveTrack can automate routine and time-consuming tasks by freeing up more medical time to work with patients, "said Alex Flores, Intel's director of operations. medical visualization- We work closely with Samsung Medison to help patients and reduce the burden on doctors.