From hospital to community: Portable AI ultrasound technology makes dysphagia assessment more accessible
Prof. Elaine KWONG Yee-lan, Associate Director of Research Institute for Smart Ageing (RISA), Associate Professor in the Department of Language Science and Technology at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and a speech therapist, was recently featured on RTHK’s radio programme “Under the Sun”, where she explained in detail the portable artificial intelligence (AI) ultrasound swallowing assessment technology developed by her and her team.
Traditionally, swallowing disorder (dysphagia) assessments require patients to make in-person visits to hospitals or clinics for X-ray imaging or invasive endoscopic swallowing examinations. This ground-breaking AI-powered ultrasound solution harnesses advanced algorithms to overcome these limitations, enabling objective swallowing assessments in community settings or at home, greatly improving diagnostic efficiency and accuracy, and allowing patients to receive timely and appropriate treatment.
香港理工大學智齡研究院副院長、語言科學及技術學系副教授兼言語治療師鄺伊蘭教授，近日接受香港電台第一台節目《太陽底下新鮮事》訪問，詳細介紹了她與團隊研發的可攜式人工智能（AI）超聲波吞嚥評估技術。
傳統上，吞嚥障礙評估需要患者親自前往醫院或診所，接受由醫護人員或言語治療師進行的X光造影或侵入性內窺鏡吞嚥檢查。這項突破性的AI超聲波解決方案利用先進算法克服了這些限制，讓患者能夠在社區或家中接受客觀的吞嚥評估，大大提高了診斷效率和準確性，使患者能夠得到及時和適切的治療。
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