#11 Bringing GPUs to Medical Imaging, Aunt Minnie award winner Kovey Kovalan of LifeVoxel AI

Kovey Kovalan, CEO & Founder of LifeVoxel joins the show

LifeVoxel won Aunt Minnie’s Best New Radiology Vendor for 2023, utilizing GPUs to greatly enhance the capabilities of medical imaging

Kovey’s journey from aerospace engineering to medical imaging AI is a fascinating one - he spotted the potential for GPUs with vector processors whilst working in aerospace, and has applied similar techniques to commoditise GPU technology for the healthcare world.

We discuss how LifeVoxel are opening up an affordable and effective use case of GPUs to massively improve data access and sharing, diagnostic process and patient outcomes.

We also go into a huge passion of Kovey’s that is preventative treatment, and how radiology is the best place to pick up on illness earlier.

• Kovey’s path from aerospace engineering to healthcare technology.
• The moment that sparked the idea to use GPUs in medical imaging.
• A deep dive into how GPUs an revolutionize medical imaging.
• The advantages of using commodity hardware to reduce costs and increase accessibility in healthcare.
• Overcoming industry resistance to integrating AI into medical systems.
• Kovey’s vision for AI’s future role in preventive medicine and ongoing patient care.
• Kovey's advice to other founders on navigating the startup ecosystem, from ideation to scaling

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