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Striving to become a world leader in medical artificial intelligence, the Centre hospitalier de l’université de Montréal announced on Wednesday that it has founded the world’s first French-language school devoted to the study of the social, legal and ethical implications of AI in the health sector.

Doctors and researchers at the CHUM are already pursuing no fewer than 80 AI projects, including in ophthalmology, dermatology, radiology, endocrinology and radio-oncology. Surgeons are also experimenting with AI using robots in the operating room for certain procedures.

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“AI has already begun to revolutionize medicine,” said Dr. Vincent Oliva, chief of the department of radiology and nuclear medicine at the CHUM. “It is now used not only to assess brain volume for the detection of Alzheimer’s disease, but also to evaluate cardiac function, detect lung nodules and predict cancers. It will redefine and enhance the role of medical imaging.”