St. Petersburg AI Assistant to Support ENT Specialists
The system analyzes medical records and helps doctors decide on treatment strategies.
Researchers from HSE University and the Saint Petersburg Research Institute of Ear, Throat, Nose, and Speech have developed an AI-powered system for otolaryngologists. The tool, called Metodor, is designed to help clinicians make more informed decisions, according to local media reports.
Document Analysis and Screening
The system can analyze medical records and determine whether patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps should receive biologic therapy.
Metodor can also be used to screen patients for life-threatening systemic diseases, where inflammation in the nasal cavity and sinuses may be only a secondary condition.
According to the developers, existing neural networks on the market do not deliver sufficient accuracy for such tasks. Precision is critical, and Metodor is designed to minimize risks.
Accuracy Reaches 77 Percent
The researchers tested seven large language models on patient examination data. The system was enhanced with an architectural prompt, dialogue history, and long-term memory functionality (MemoRAG). The improved model identifies patients who require treatment with up to 77% accuracy.
In the future, the team plans to further enhance the assistant’s analytical capabilities, enabling it to extract standardized clinical assessments from text and expand its use to other medical fields.
Earlier reports said artificial intelligence systems had been deployed to monitor sleep health in Russia.
