Spain has developed the video game The Mind Guardian, in collaboration with Samsung, for the early detection of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, with an effectiveness of 97 %.

The announcement was made by Samsung. And although The Mind Guardian is not intended to replace clinical diagnosis, it can help reduce the detection time for these diseases.

The video game consists of an “innovative application based on artificial intelligence that allows the assessment of cognitive performance in people over 55 years of age,” developed by Samsung Iberia in collaboration with the University of Vigo and the Galicia Sur Health Research Institute.

It is supported by the Spanish Society of Neurology and the Spanish Society of Psychiatry and Mental Health. It can be used to assess memory independently of an Android tablet. Its gamified design is user-friendly; it “reduces the anxiety associated with traditional medical tests and makes large-scale cognitive screening accessible.” Those interested can download the app from the Google Play Store.

Among the items included are challenges such as “remembering objects in a virtual city, matching images, or following movements on the screen. These tasks have been validated in studies with more than 150 users in day centers and senior citizen associations, achieving 97 % accuracy in detecting signs of cognitive decline.”

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Two scientists have developed a device with artificial intelligence that detects breast cancer quickly and effectively, accelerating diagnosis and early initiation of treatment.

Valentina Agudelo and Cristina García, from Colombia and Mexico, developed Soy Julieta, the breast cancer early detection device named in honor of Jilieta Lanteri, the first woman to vote in Argentina.

The desire to advance survival from this disease, which has undoubtedly advanced in recent decades, encouraged scientists to develop a new tool.

Soy Julieta will allow women, even in remote areas with difficult access to current medicine or high levels of poverty, reducing the waiting time, pain and radiation of current methods.

Mammography is the diagnostic method known until now. It is not an invasive technique, but it is painful. Although the radiation dose in the process is very low, it generates negative results in patients.

Soy Julieta, for its part, “is based on how breast tissue conducts electricity. Its two creators saw that tumor tissue and healthy tissue conduct it in a slightly different way. For this reason, they trained an artificial intelligence algorithm to differentiate healthy breasts from those that could have tumors.”

The algorithm was able to store data on disease-derived parameters to make a diagnosis of breast cancer with new tissue. The most important thing is that the device “is portable, with a rechargeable battery, and very easy to use. You just have to place it on your chest and the test is done automatically.”

The data taken by the patients themselves is uploaded to the cloud for subsequent analysis by a professional.

The device created by Valentina Agudelo and Cristina García has already been recognized with several awards, including the Global Awards and the Unlock Her Future 2024 Latam Edition Award.

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LG has presented in Spain, in collaboration with Vuno, the first software to perform more agile X-ray diagnoses through artificial intelligence and thus quickly detect anomalies in chest X-rays, reducing the time it takes to read the images.

The software developed by LG provides a more efficient way to generate and analyze X-ray images, according to the company in a statement sent to Europa Press. The intelligent algorithm, designed for large hospitals and clinics, is scientifically proven by Vuno and allows medical staff to view the original X-rays and the images analyzed by artificial intelligence at the same time, to diagnose lung diseases such as tuberculosis, pneumonia or lung cancer.

This new incorporation adds to the launch of a new model of flat panel digital detector (DXD) for X-ray detection with oxide panel, a wireless device for radiological studies that complements the existing equipment catalog and is integrated into the rest of the solutions for the health sector of the Korean brand.

The new LG DXD can analyze X-rays, previously by artificial intelligence, to detect interstitial opacity, consolidation, pneumothorax, pleural effusion and nodule/mass, and then inform the medical expert of any abnormalities and provide a clear image of the detected lesion.

Five years of LG in the health sector

The launch of this new device comes just as LG celebrates five years in Spain offering devices for medical use. With an IP68 rating, the new DXD is safe to use in conditions where dusty and wet areas exist. Additionally, having an eight-hour battery life offers easy portability.

The Korean brand is also betting on high-resolution diagnostic monitors for even more precise viewing of images in fields such as breast cancer detection or digitization of pathological anatomy.

In this sense, LG offers new facilities such as the multi-resolution mode with sizes of more than 30 inches, which makes it possible to replace the need for two screens with a single device, with the consequent savings in platform management. Its 12MP resolution reproduces images in a stable way and with high quality to reduce the possibility of errors in the diagnostic process and in the case of digital pathology, to have an image on the screen similar to that offered by high-tech microscopes.

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