Lung nodule imaging consultation platform Guangzhou launched to provide lung nodule advice to patients at home and abroad

　　China News Service, Guangzhou, October 10 (Cai Minjie, Han Wenqing) Guangdong Nanshan Medical Innovation Research Institute announced on the 10th that the National Center for Respiratory Medicine, led by Zhong Nanshan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, has created a lung nodule imaging consulting platform.

On this platform, well-known experts including Zhong Nanshan provide pulmonary nodules advice to patients at home and abroad, so that patients can get professional advice in time without leaving home.

　　The above-mentioned lung nodule imaging consultation platform is an online platform for comprehensive judgment and advice on lung nodules by the expert team of the National Respiratory Medicine Center and artificial intelligence. The platform uploads CT image source files through patients and combines artificial intelligence technology to assist medical treatment Experts read the film to improve the sensitivity, stability and accuracy of the film.

　　According to the relevant person in charge of the Guangdong Nanshan Institute of Medical Innovation, lung nodules refer to nodular shadows in the lung parenchyma and not in normal lung tissue.

Many diseases in the lung will form nodules, benign such as inflammation, mold, inflammatory pseudotumor, sclerosing lung cell tumor, bleeding and so on.

Malignant may be primary lung cancer or metastatic cancer in the lung.

Malignant nodules require timely surgery or close follow-up to prevent further deterioration, while benign nodules can be observed regularly without excessive treatment.

　　According to reports, small lung nodules are not the same as lung cancer. The small lung nodules found in the initial CT examination have a certain proportion of early lung cancer, but 80% to 90% are benign lesions.

Therefore, it is necessary to attach great importance to it, and not to panic too much, to follow the professional advice of experts and choose an appropriate treatment strategy.

　　The relevant person in charge of the Guangdong Nanshan Medical Innovation Research Institute stated that the lung nodule imaging consultation platform of the National Respiratory Medicine Center provides patients at home and abroad with online imaging consultation, online expert registration, offline follow-up treatment and a green channel for offline expert team surgery. Help patients avoid detours, diagnose and treat early.

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