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National Award for Prof. Suman Chakraborty on Teachers Day 2023

National Award for Prof. Suman Chakraborty on Teachers Day 2023

Teaching is much more than just imparting knowledge, it is an inspiring change. Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding. When we recall our own education, we remember the teachers not methods and techniques. The belief of a teacher on his/her student can make them achieve wonders. Teachers are the root of an education system and can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges. Teaching is the profession that teaches us all the other professions. On this momentous occasion of Teachers Day 2023, Prof. Suman Chakraborty, a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department…
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Digital CHAVI for Cancer Cure

Digital CHAVI for Cancer Cure

Outlook   ET HealthWorld   Millennium Post   Lokmat   Financial Express   Business Standard    India Today    Amar Ujala    Navbharat Times   NDTV   New Kerala    The Quint    Indian Express     IIT Kharagpur and Tata Medical Center have set up an open architecture image biobank to aid cancer research in the country. Named CompreHensive Digital ArchiVe of Cancer Imaging (CHAVI) it will address the emerging field of imaging-related research and will be India's first step towards harnessing artificial intelligence and deep learning methods to answer medical questions of importance in the field of image banking. IIT Kharagpur and Tata Medical Center…
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Smart Diagnostics for Pulmonary Healthcare

Smart Diagnostics for Pulmonary Healthcare

Business Standard (IANS)   Business Standard (PTI)    Deccan Chronicle   Biospectrum     Outlook    Quint     Devdiscourse Researchers at the Dept. of Electronics and Electrical Communications Engineering at IIT Kharagpur have developed a decision support system to diagnose malignant and other diseased tissues in the lungs. While one system can refer to CT scan images to detect lung nodules and test them for the possibility of malignancy, a second software can detect Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) patterns in chest HRCT images. “Biopsy especially in the lungs is a critical process, hence conducted only after initial medical analysis is done by expert…
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