Case Western and Microsoft collaborate to work on quantum computing
The collaboration will look into improving MRI data to get a clearer image of the disease.
A collaboration between Case Western Reserve University and Microsoft has formed to work on quantum computing to improve MRI diagnoses.
Their new initiative regards magnetic resonance fingerprinting which is an approach to imaging data that will be faster and more accurate - it will detect developing illnesses such as cancer, MS or heart conditions.
MRF is a new branch of MRI, measuring multiple tissue properties. Current research has been restricted by the volume of data and the complex calculations required for the process. Which is where Microsoft's Quantum initiative will be applied. A calculation that would take years to complete in current computers will now only take a few minutes with a quantum-based model.
This will improve the quality of healthcare and medical research, if used correctly.
The companies' experts will work together to improve the practical manner in which MRI machines take data during scans, running queries that would be too intense for current computers to manage.