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Boramae Hospital Selected as an Implementation Agency for ‘Data Construction Project for Artificial Intelligence Learning’

[의학신문·일간보사=안치영 기자] Seoul National University Hospital Operation Boramae Hospital in Seoul (President Seung-yong Jeong) announced on the 23rd that it was recently selected as an institution to implement the artificial intelligence learning data construction project hosted by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning and supported by the National Intelligence Service (NIA).

The AI ​​learning data construction project is a digital new deal project promoted by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Intelligent Information Society Agency. It is a major national project that aims to become an artificial intelligence powerhouse by maximizing

In this project contest, Boramae Hospital applied for the ‘Oral drug image for the development of artificial intelligence for drug identification’ and was recently selected as the implementing institution.

Accordingly, Boramae Hospital will carry out a project to build image data of about 5,000 drugs based on the government subsidy of KRW 1.8 billion by December 31st.

Professor Si-wook Lee of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Boramae Hospital, who is in charge of the project, said, “We plan to actively cooperate with relevant institutions to build and develop optimized AI data for various types of drug packaging. We will do our best to carry out our business so that we can take the lead in the development of domestic medical AI by fulfilling our role and contribute to the advancement of Boramae Hospital into a research-oriented hospital.”

Meanwhile, Boramae Hospital was selected as a support institution in the ‘Health and Medical Data-Centered Hospital Support Project’ hosted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare in July 2020. We are actively working to develop and provide.