Published on November 8, 2024 at 5:56 p.m. / Modified on November 8, 2024 at 9:59 p.m.
Laura Rubbia-Brandt is a doctor, head of the clinical pathology department and director of the diagnostic department at HUG. For five years now, she has added tools to her briefcase: in addition to the microscope, she uses computer programs every day to diagnose pathologies in the samples she receives. “It’s extremely precise and my eye wouldn’t be able to do that. If I had to do it with my eye, it would take me several minutes,” she confides. Time followed Laura Rubbia-Brandt to understand why and how AI is already healing us.
Reassuring technology
“We scan 250,000 slides per year, approximately 1000 to 1500 slides per day. It’s also the best for us. We are less exposed to chemicals,” explains the researcher.
Technology is constantly evolving within the service. Nicolas Brandt-dit-Grieurin is a developer and works in particular on the development of tools based on artificial intelligence to analyze pathology images. He studied medicine “many years ago” and later computer science. “It’s not only a time saver, it’s also a double reading. If the computer model doesn’t see anything, there probably isn’t anything to see either. It’s less mental load, let’s say. That’s reassuring.”
Ownership of the software in question
Several Swiss hospitals have taken the plunge into artificial intelligence, whether for diagnosis or organization. Each in their own way, because the regulations in this area are currently rather light. A debate often arises: the origin and ownership of software. Google and its colleagues have identified the vein and are developing solutions. It is clear that there is distrust regarding the investments of GAFAM or other companies active in health.
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