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Artificial Intelligence: Medicine

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress he has made on using AI algorithms to analyse medical images.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
14 Jan 2025
Target answer date
16 Jan 2025
Answer
22 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 14 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress he has made on using AI algorithms to analyse medical images.

  2. 16 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 22 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    In taking forward all 50 of the AI Opportunities Action Plan’s recommendations, DSIT shows its commitment to leveraging AI to deliver economic growth, improved lives, and better public services.AI technologies are being developed to accelerate disease dia...

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