Computer Vision News - March 2021

3 Spotlight News 3 Could This New Technology Change the Face of Medical Imaging? An advanced medical imaging technology aims to improve access to quality health diagnostics around the world, including billions of people in less economically privileged countries. Sounds great, but what is it? It sems that a University of Oxford spinoff called Sonosine has patented the Electro Magnetic Acoustic (EMA) imaging technology , part of its first product - the Pulsar 1 : EMA uses a combination of a continuous radio signal and an ultrasound transducer , shaking very small volumes of tissue in the scanned ROI and detecting the movement of those volumes, in a way that ultrasound alone cannot do. Read More Which Artificial Intelligence Applications Will Flourish by 2030? Even if you don’t like list articles , there is something new to learn in the last item of this otherwise predictable list: AI for Institutional Decision Making . This includes AI embedded in the policy-making machinery of public andprivate institutions where they make decisions about human services: getting a loan, securing insurance, setting interest rates, eligibility for government benefits, criminal sentencing, likelihood of success at work, qualification to receive healthcare and more. Developers guard those algorithms jealously and government agencies rarely divulge how their algorithms work, even when they are potentially biased. Read More How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming the Textile Industry The folks at iotforall.com tell us that AI is reshaping the entire production process for textile manufacturers , as well as the way they conduct business. First, by giving a clear, objective view of their operations : product costs, textile production, quality control, just-in-time manufacturing, data collection, or computer integrated manufacturing… AI leaves an imprint on every part of the process! It also supports tasks like defect detection, pattern inspection, and color matching. They improve user experience via apps of “smart clothes” , that can now enable continuous monitoring of important biometrics, such as our heart rate. Read More