News and reflections from the world of AI

Pulmonary tumors case study: Ki-67 proliferation index calculation by AI

“With Aiforia, you have the control, you can improve and adapt the methodology…” explains Jenni Säilä, Biomedical Laboratory Scientist at the Helsinki University Hospital. Working with her supervisor Tiina Vesterinen, a researcher at the HUSLAB Department of Pathology, Jenni developed a deep learning AI model with Aiforia Create to quantify Ki-67 positive and negative tumor cells in rare ...

Experimentica case study: accelerating preclinical analysis of ocular diseases

Maria Vähätupa PhD, Project Coordinator & Senior Scientist Marc Cerrada-Gimenez, PhD, Director of in Vivo Pharmacology  

Reproductive diseases case study: evaluating endometrial samples with AI

What is your job and what does your research focus on?  Marika: I’m an MD, currently a trainee in obstetrics and gynecology and a PhD student in the University of Oulu, in the group of Terhi Piltonen. My research focuses on inflammation, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and combined contraceptives.

NAFLD case study: assessing liver histology with AI

What is your job and what does your research focus on? Sami: I am an MD PhD student at the University of Helsinki and I work in professor Hannele Yki-Järvinen’s research group. Our main focus of investigation currently is nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which has emerged as the most common liver disease  worldwide.