Intermountain Cedar City Hospital officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday as they begin use of a GI Genius unit at the hospital. The tool uses artificial intelligence to help doctors identify polyps during a colonoscopy and catch cancerous ones sooner.
During the procedure, a green box pops up on the monitor and highlights areas the AI software thinks might be a polyp, said Dr. Gerard Isenberg, chief medical quality officer for the UH Digestive Health Institute.
Medtronic will donate 50 GI Genius intelligent endoscopy systems to endoscopy centers in low-income and underserved areas; ASGE will lead the application and selection process.