How Hong Kong tech firm boss aims to put doctors in the picture with AI-based medical imaging tools for cancer screening
- By speeding up diagnosis and improving its accuracy, Chapman Lee says his team hopes to help patients, while also tackling manpower issues and lowering costs
- His work to use technology to improve the healthcare system has earned him a nomination in this year’s Spirit of Hong Kong Awards
Chapman Lee wants to help break bottlenecks in Hong Kong’s healthcare system by developing diagnostic tools powered by artificial intelligence (AI).
The biomedical engineering graduate, who has served in the healthcare sector for about 15 years, said cancer patients in Hong Kong faced late diagnosis because of a shortage of doctors.
Noting late cancer diagnosis limited treatment options, Lee said his team at Imsight Technology had been working to develop AI-based medical imaging tools to aid in the screening procedures.
“Our imaging system locates and flags places inside a patient’s body that need attention lest the clinician should miss them,” he said.
Through speeding up the diagnosis and improving its accuracy, his team aimed to help patients, while also tackling the capacity challenge and lowering medical costs, Lee explained.
