NVIDIA Inception startups tackle gaps in breast cancer care

Approximately two minutes per breast is now required for a standardized scan using iSono Health’s FDA-cleared ATUSA platform, a significant reduction from the up to 45 minutes needed with conventional handheld ultrasound. The company is one of several in the NVIDIA Inception program applying artificial intelligence to address widening gaps in breast cancer care, a field where 40 million mammograms are performed annually in the U.S. amid a projected shortfall of tens of thousands of radiologists. “Getting the scan closer to the patient is the first breakthrough,” said Neda Razavi, CEO of iSono Health, envisioning increasingly informative scans to aid clinical decision-making. This accelerated acquisition is enabled by artificial intelligence trained on over 1.5 million ultrasound frames, automating image capture with NVIDIA…