66 finalist teams compete in AI-assisted medical image recognition in Guangxi

The finals of a national competition on artificial intelligence-assisted medical image recognition kicked off Thursday in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, with 66 teams competing to demonstrate how AI can improve the field and support healthcare insurance management.

The competition features eight tracks covering kidney and lung diseases, breast cancer, and other ailments. Contestants are being evaluated on their ability to use AI to verify the authenticity of medical images, detect duplicate images, identify lesions, and assist clinical diagnosis, according to the organizing committee.

The event attracted 1,332 teams made up of 4,447 participants. Sixty-five teams came from Hong Kong, Macao and abroad, with the rest coming from 30 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland.

The 66 finalists were selected through preliminary rounds. The finals will conclude on Friday, with an awards ceremony scheduled for Nov 5 in Nanning.

Jointly hosted by the National Healthcare Security Administration and the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous regional government, the competition aims to promote the practical application of AI technologies in healthcare insurance, establish technical standards and support innovation in medical imaging.