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Google Health Launches AI Partnership to Improve Breast Cancer Screening

Google Health has launched its first commercial agreement to license its mammography AI research model for integration into real-world clinical practice.

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By Shania Kennedy

- Google Health and mammography artificial intelligence (AI) vendor iCAD, Inc. announced a strategic partnership to integrate Google Health’s AI technology into iCAD’s portfolio of breast imaging AI solutions in an effort to improve breast cancer detection and assessment of short-term personal cancer risk.

This partnership is the first time Google Health has licensed its mammography research model, and according to a press release shared following Google’s announcement, iCAD will work toward validating and incorporating the tech giant’s mammography AI technology into its product portfolio for use in clinical practices. The two companies said they will also work together to enhance breast cancer AI solutions for mammography and expand access to these tools to millions of patients and providers worldwide.

“Google Health is our cross-company initiative to use technology to help everyone, everywhere be healthier – and collaborating with leading-edge companies like iCAD is a key part of this strategy,” said Greg Corrado, PhD, Head of Health AI at Google, in the press release.