Microsoft is using AI to screen for cervical cancer

SRL Diagnostics (the largest diagnostics laboratory company in India), which has been working with Microsoft to develop digital pathology services, has begun assessing its Cervical Cancer Image Detection application programming interface (API). The Cervical Cancer Image Detection API operates on Microsoft's Azure, and the research has been conducted in Mumbai. According to TechCrunch the system is capable of rapidly screening liquid-based cytology slide images in order to detect cervical cancer at the early stages. Digital data is then transmitted back to pathologists in the originating laboratory. Detecting cervical cancer early is key to increasing survival rates.