LG CNS Signs Contract with Eunpyeong-gu for Cloud-based AI Medical Imaging Analysis Support Service… Combining Large Corporation IT Business Capabilities with Startup’s Specialized Medical AI Technology

Public health centers now analyze X-ray images using cloud-based AI technology.

LG CNS announced on the 1st that it has signed a contract with the National Information Society Agency (NIA) to promote the 'private cloud-based AI medical image analysis assistance service' business.

This project is one of the Ministry of Science and ICT's leading public sector cloud projects, and the target is the Eunpyeong-gu Public Health Center in Seoul. The service is planned to be provided from the end of September until the end of 2020.

The core of this project is to provide X-ray image interpretation results to public health centers with 94% accuracy and within 20 seconds through a cloud-based AI engine.

Starting in late September, the Eunpyeong-gu Public Health Center will provide diagnostic services for pulmonary nodules. The plan is to expand this to include tuberculosis, pneumothorax, and pneumonia within 2019.

Lung diseases have high incidence and mortality rates, so accurate diagnosis and early treatment are important. Once the diagnostic service is completed, thorough preventive management of chronic diseases will be possible at local public health centers.

Generally, public health centers request the interpretation of X-ray images from external specialized agencies, and it takes about a day to receive the results after the request. With this service, the time required to interpret X-ray images at public health centers, which previously took about a day, is expected to be reduced to 20 seconds.

The service being promoted by LG CNS is cloud-based. It operates on a Software as a Service (SaaS) model, allowing users to access the service as long as they have an internet connection. This enables easy implementation at any medical institution equipped with an X-ray machine.

Meanwhile, LG CNS, selected as the operator for the Eunpyeong-gu AI Public Health Center project, is collaborating with the medical AI startup 'Lunit'.

Eunpyeong District Mayor Kim Mi-kyung said, “I hope that through the AI public health center, which will be operational for the first time in the nation in September, the beneficiaries of public medical welfare will gradually expand, starting with the residents of Eunpyeong-gu.”

Jeong Woon-yeol, Senior Vice President of Public Business at LG CNS, stated, “The ultimate goal of this project is to provide high-quality, prevention-oriented public healthcare services at minimal cost,” adding, “We will expand the range of diseases for which diagnostic services are available through collaboration with various startups.”