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Hallym University hospital adopts stroke AI
Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital in South Korea has entered into a subscription agreement to deploy AI brain imaging analysis software from local medical AI company JLK.
The deployment includes four of JLK's AI software products for analysing CT perfusion images, MRI-based diffusion and perfusion-weighted images and detecting large vessel occlusion and low-frequency areas in non-contrast CT.
According to JLK, the subscription also bundles ongoing updates and maintenance to reduce upfront costs. Sacred Heart Hospital expects the JLK stroke AI suite implementation to support emergency stroke diagnosis and enable workflow efficiency.
Apollo Hospitals implements stroke AI
Apollo Hospitals in Chennai, capital of India's southern state of Tamil Nadu, has deployed an AI-powered scan system to accelerate acute stroke care.
Based on a media release, the AI-driven imaging system generates a stroke severity score, flags blocked arteries, and has reduced scan-to-interpretation time from about 30 minutes to seven minutes, helping clinicians initiate intravenous thrombolysis within 4.5 hours or mechanical thrombectomy within 6.5 hours.
Apollo Hospitals notes the potential to extend specialist-level stroke decision support to peripheral and rural hospitals, while raising considerations around cost in large urban centres.
Yashoda Hospital launches AI lung clinic
Yashoda Hospital, Hitec City in Hyderabad, capital of another southern Indian state, Telangana, has launched an AI-enabled Lung Nodule Clinic in collaboration with medical AI company Qure.ai and AstraZeneca.
According to a press release, the clinic integrates AI from Qure.ai into routine chest X-ray workflows to flag, assess, and track pulmonary nodules, supported by a nurse navigator model that moves patients from AI detection to counselling, review, and follow-up imaging or specialist care.
The deployment aims to support early detection and timely management of lung cancer and other pulmonary diseases.
Bangkok Hospital introduces heart watch
Bangkok Hospital, part of Bangkok Dusit Medical Services, Thailand's largest private hospital operator, will start using a bracelet device to monitor inpatients remotely.
Based on a press release, the CardioWatch Bracelet by the Netherlands-based Corsano Health utilises PPG and ECG signals to continuously monitor blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturation, respiratory rate, sleep patterns, and stress levels, with data remotely tracked by doctors and nurses to support inpatients with stroke, heart disease, and hypertension.
The device has been certified by both the Thai Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the United States FDA for hospital use. It has also received the CE-Medical Device Regulation mark from the European Union.
