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At 1:00:18 it's claimed, "more than just publications" and that products are live for the public to use.

And they mention something that sounds cool. It's called DermAssist, it's to find similar images related to skin-diseases.

However, when checking the website, you are supposed to join a waitlist, but then it 404s.

Is the tool already shutdowned or it was never released ?

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Hi, my partner worked in technology strategy for a large healthcare system where she saw many derm AI-based applications evaluated over the last decade. (Dis)Incentives aside, they all followed a similar\ story arc overpromising in their research findings and underdelivering in actual care delivery. They've been around for longer than you'd imagine. I hope they reach their potential, but suggest approaching them with healthy skepticism.

For an example of medical AI that delivers take a look at https://cydarmedical.com/

Real-time augmented reality for keyhole aortic surgery using machine vision to understand patients' individual anatomies.

Full disclosure: I was the original CTO.

Looks awesome :)

If you are in the US, "DermAssist is not available in the United States"(https://health.google/consumers/dermassist/)

thats a new one... so where is it available?

It's not shutdowned I'm pretty sure. Looks like a bug. Hopefully it will be fixed soon.

Let's hope so, because it seems really useful.

In the meantime, I found an open-source equivalent https://modelderm.com/en.html but if we could see the certified + tested tool it'd be nice :)

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