Medical imaging sector may become next 'gold mine'

Investors are rushing to take part in China's booming artificial intelligence sector, and one area in that sector may be an especially lucrative "gold mine" - image-related technologies in the medical sector.

Huiyihuiying, a Beijing-based startup company that helps doctors read medical images using deep learning technology, is reported to have broken the fundraising record in the field in its financing late last year.

"Medical image is the most valuable part as it is a crucial indicator of diseases as well as an important reference for doctors to make an initial diagnosis," said Guo Na, co-founder of Huiyihuiying, which was established in 2012.