Lunit partners with SEHA to test AI-based radiology via UAE’s largest healthcare network

  • Date: 24-Oct-2022
  • Source: Zawya
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:UAE
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Lunit partners with SEHA to test AI-based radiology via UAE’s largest healthcare network

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Lunit today announced that it signed a collaboration agreement with the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA), part of Pure Health, the UAE’s largest healthcare network. The signing ceremony took place at Lunit’s Seoul headquarters on the 29th of September. Attending officials included Lunit CEO Brandon Suh and Radiologist Dr. Afra Rashed Saeed Almesaied Alneyadi.

Following the agreement, Lunit and SEHA will proceed with a proof of concept (POC) of the Lunit INSIGHT suite, the company’s AI solution for radiology, at medical institutions across the Middle East. The POC will include SEHA’s trial of the Lunit INSIGHT CXR, an AI solution for chest X-ray analysis, and the Lunit INSIGHT MMG, an AI solution for mammography analysis, for evaluation.

SEHA is a comprehensive healthcare network under the UAE’s largest healthcare provider Pure Health, a brand of scientific innovation that combines imagination and advances in technology. Established in 2007, the independent public joint stock company currently operates 14 hospitals and primary healthcare clinics with a total of more than 3,000 beds.

According to Data Bridge Market Research, the medical imaging market in the Middle East, which surpassed USD 20 billion in 2021, is projected to exceed USD 30 billion by