GE HealthCare awarded $44M grant to develop AI ultrasound tech

GE HealthCare announced it received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for more than $44M to create user-friendly, artificial intelligence assisted ultrasound imaging auto-assessment tools. These tools will seek to aid healthcare professionals-even those without specialized training or experience with ultrasound-with clinical decision information to support more effective obstetric and lung screening ultrasound scans across maternal and fetal care as well as pediatric lung health, with a goal of expanding access to low-and-middle income countries and across diverse sites of care. Caption Health, a leader in medical AI acquired by GE HealthCare in February 2023, will design this technology to run across a range of ultrasound devices and probes, including lower-cost handheld devices.