NEWS
AI helps
Kuwaiti
doctors better
diagnose heart
conditions
Kuwait based ITS wins global
Islamic Finance award
C
loud-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) is
helping doctors in Kuwait quickly gain a
clearer and more accurate understanding of
a cardiac patient’s heart condition with the
first system of its kind to be deployed in the
Middle East.
Nearly 41% of all non-communicable
disease deaths in Kuwait are attributable to
cardiovascular disease; the newly installed
GE Healthcare MRI solution will enhance
diagnostics and enable practitioners to
identify critical medical conditions at an early
stage. The fast, accurate and non-invasive
solution combines results from a cardiac MRI
with analytics generated by GE Healthcare’s
AI, cloud-based MRI post-processing
ViosWorks, powered by ArterysTM.
Installed at the Images Diagnostic
Center, the solution provides real-time
quantifiable data of the whole chest in less
than 10 minutes, a fraction of the time
of a conventional scan. It also delivers a
resolution previously unattainable. This
enhanced test more quickly and clearly
allows physicians to see if the heart has been
damaged from a heart attack, or if there
is a lack of blood flow to the heart muscle
because of narrowed or blocked arteries.
The benefits for patient comfort are equally
dramatic and offer a free-breathing option
that is completed in as short a time as
eight-minutes. The reduced imaging time
also means facilities can use their equipment
more efficiently. GE Healthcare installed the
ViosWorks system with its partner Advanced
Technology Company.
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I nternational Turnkey Systems Group
(ITS), a market leading provider of
comprehensive Shariah-compliant
financial solutions, has been named as the
‘Best Islamic Finance Technology Provider
2019’ at the Global Islamic Finance
Awards ceremony held in South Africa. 2019’ by the GIFA Awards Committee
further highlights ITS as the market
leading provider of innovative Shari’ah
compliant IT solutions and emphasises
our impressive track record of delivering
proven technology solutions to the global
Islamic financial services industry.”
Essam Alkheshnam, International
Turnkey Systems (ITS) CEO, said: “We
are delighted to win this award again
this year. The ‘Best Islamic Finance
Technology Provider 2019’ accolade
is an honour which highlights our
continued dedication to delivering world
class financial technology solutions
that empower banks and financial
organisations to remain abreast
of innovation and thrive in today’s
transforming economy. The ETHIX range is ITS’s flagship solution
which provides multi-channeled corporate
and retail products and services in
Islamic finance and investment, including
core banking, trade finance, branch
automation, digital banking, dashboards
and reports, in addition to other
pioneering products and services.
“The selection of ITS as the ‘Best
Islamic Finance Technology Provider
The solution is built on robust
technologies designed to support
financial institutions as they strive
to reach operational excellence,
accommodate growth and achieve cost
leadership in financial services. n
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