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Research at Microsoft 2023: A year of groundbreaking AI advances and discoveries
AI saw unparalleled growth in 2023, reaching millions daily. This progress owes much to the extensive work of Microsoft researchers and collaborators. In this review, learn about the advances in 2023, which set the stage for further progress in 2024.
Collaborators: Project InnerEye with Javier Alvarez and Raj Jena
| Gretchen Huizinga, Javier Alvarez-Valle, and Raj Jena
Microsoft Health Futures’ Javier Alvarez & oncologist Raj Jena have been collaborating for years on AI-assisted medical imaging. Today, their work is seeing real-world impact, helping doctors accelerate cancer patients’ access to treatment.
In the news | Microsoft News Centre UK
How AI is helping to shrink waiting times for NHS cancer patients
The National Health Service at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge is now able to plan radiotherapy treatments faster than in the past, thanks to AI advances that are cutting wait times. As the NHS approaches its 75th birthday, it continues to…
Accounting for past imaging studies: Enhancing radiology AI and reporting
| Ozan Oktay, Javier Alvarez-Valle, and Matthew Lungren
The use of self-supervision from image-text pairs has been a key enabler in the development of scalable and flexible vision-language AI models in not only general domains but also in biomedical domains such as radiology. The goal in the radiology…
AI and the Future of Health
| Desney Tan
Read about some of our research team’s work to make healthcare more data-driven, predictive, and precise – ultimately, empowering every person on the planet to live a healthier future.
In the news | The Lancet
Bridging the chasm between AI and clinical implementation
Many advances in artificial intelligence (AI) for health care using deep neural networks have been commercialised. But few AI tools have been implemented in health systems. Why has this chasm occurred? Transparency, suitability, and adaptability are key reasons. The deployment…
Awards | Microsoft Global Hackathon 2021
Microsoft Microsoft Global Hackathon 2021 Challenge Winner
Kenji Takeda won either 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place in the Microsoft Global Hackathon 2021 Executive Challenge. The Hackathon Executive Challenges are sponsored by Microsoft leaders in strategic business areas.
In the news | The Health-Tech Podcast
The Health-Tech Podcast: #166: Aditya Nori, Lead in Health Intelligence at Microsoft Research Cambridge
On this weeks Sunday Session I chat to Aditya Nori, lead of the Health Intelligence theme at Microsoft Research Cambridge, where their mission is to transform the practice of medicine via trusted and human-centred AI. In the past, Aditya has…
In the news | Healthcare IT News
UK hospital first to use AI cancer treatment tool
Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge is set to be the first hospital in the world to use InnerEye, an AI deep-learning tool from Microsoft Research Cambridge that accelerates the treatment of cancer patients.