Government launches X-Ray Setu on WhatsApp to detect COVID-19 cases in areas with no RT-PCR tests
For this project, the government plans to onboard 10,000 doctors in small towns were RT-PCR and CT Scans are not available for COVID detection.
Ankita Chakravarti | June 3, 2021 | Updated 13:14 IST
Highlights
Government has launched an artificial intelligence based X-Ray Setu which can be operated through WhatsApp.
This is going to be an important tool for rural doctors who are struggling to source equipment for covid detection.
The government has partnered with non-profit organisation Artpark and Niramai for the same.
Government has launched an artificial intelligence based X-Ray Setu which can be operated through WhatsApp. For this project, the government plans to onboard 10,000 doctors in small towns where RT-PCR and CT Scans are not available for COVID detection. This is going to be an important tool for rural doctors who are struggling to source equipment for covid detecti
Artificial intelligence-based X-Ray Setu, which operates through Whatsapp, plans to onboard 10,000 doctors in small towns and rural areas where RT-PCR tests and CT-scans are not available to detect COVID-19 cases, a senior official of AI and robotics body Artpark said on Tuesday. Non-profit organisation Artpark CEO Umakant Soni told PTI that X-Ray Setu, developed in collaboration with start-up Niramai and Indian Institute of Science (IISc), detects COVID-19 with the help of simple X-ray which is processed using an AI system in the backend without charging any fee at present. The chest X-ray of a person is uploaded by the doctor or radiologist on Whatsapp bot of X-Ray setu which analyses the image and generates a report in 10-15 minutes.
X-Ray Setu, developed in collaboration with healthtech startup Niramai and Indian Institute of Science, detects COVID-19 with the help of a simple X-ray.