New AI wave coming for medical field

Large number of applications for devices expected to hit next year

A large number of applications to get market approval for medical devices that employ deep learning, a subset of artificial intelligence, are expected to be filed next year, but full commercialization of the products is not necessarily within easy reach, China's top medical device regulator said at a news conference last week.

Based on communications with AI companies and conventional medical companies that are charging into the AI field, it is predicted that applications for such devices will soar next year, said Sun Lei, head of the Center for Medical Device Evaluation.