AIIMS, IIT-D design AI-based neurosurgery simulation training – ET HealthWorld

AIIMS, IIT-D design AI-based neurosurgery simulation training – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: The All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, in collaboration with IIT Delhi, has designed AI-based simulators to train and evaluate budding neurosurgeons for minimally invasive microscopic and endoscopic surgical skills. According to experts, this is aimed at changing the way neurosurgical skills especially precise actions that make a huge difference in brain surgery — … Read more

AI tool shows promise for treating brain cancer, shows study – ET HealthWorld

AI tool shows promise for treating brain cancer, shows study – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: An artificial-intelligence tool has shown promise at helping doctors fight aggressive brain tumours by identifying characteristics that help guide surgery. The tool — called the Cryosection Histopathology Assessment and Review Machine, or CHARM — studies images to quickly pick out the genetic profile of a kind of tumour called glioma, a process that … Read more

Pranab Mukherjee’s condition worsens, remains on ventilator, says hospital

Pranab Mukherjee’s condition worsens, remains on ventilator, says hospital

New Delhi: The health condition of former President Pranab Mukherjee, has worsened after undergoing life-saving emergency surgery and remains on ventilator support, the Army Hospital, where he has been admitted, informed on Tuesday. “The former president who underwent life-saving emergency surgery for brain clot on August 10 has not shown any improvement and his health … Read more

Pranab Mukherjee undergoes successful brain surgery, on ventilator support

Pranab Mukherjee undergoes successful brain surgery, on ventilator support

New Delhi: Former President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday underwent a brain surgery at the Army’s Research and Referral (R&R) hospital for removal of a clot, sources said. Mukherjee, who was unwell, was hospitalised on the advice of the doctors and had tested positive for COVID-19 prior to the surgery. “Former President Pranab Mukherjee underwent a … Read more