Intelligente Diagnostik

Visual medical inspection is one of the most important pillars in today’s skin cancer diagnostics: To make a diagnosis, medical professionals examine skin lesions visually. Current artificial intelligence (AI) systems achieve the accuracy of a specialized dermatologist. However, there is still room for improvement. In contrast to already existing approaches, the Intelligente Diagnostik (Intelligent Diagnostics) joint project aims to significantly increase the amount of medical data collected in each measurement to improve diagnostic quality. Intelligente Diagnostik is using quantitative multi- and hyperspectral imaging to determine physical and chemical properties of potential skin changes. This measurement method operates optically and therefore non-invasive. Based on these extensive data sets, new AI models will then be developed and trained. This will allow medical digital diagnostics to be used even more accurately, resulting in improved early detection of skin cancer and thus better medical prevention for the general population, thereby giving the medium-sized healthcare industry in Baden-Württemberg an innovative edge.

In addition to leading the consortium, the FZI is responsible for the development of the data and model management platform, which manages the newly created data sets and controls the training of the AI models.