Rakuten Technology Conference 2019

1. CEO Yuki Shimahara
Ph.D.
AI Medical Image Diagnostic
Support Technology
EIRL

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Company
Name
LPIXEL Inc.
Foundation March 4, 2014
Headquarters Tokyo, Japan
Capital 2.07 Billion JPY (includes capital reserves)
Investors
CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, CYBERDYNE
INC, FUJIFILM Corporation, JAFCO Co., Ltd., Mistletoe Inc.,
Olympus Corporation, SBI Investment, TECHMATRIX
CORPORATION, TomyK, Toray Engineering Co., Ltd.,
Awards J-Startup, RED HERRING Global, SWITCH
Employees 60 (pharmacists, and researchers)
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Branch Office Boston, US

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Workload of Radiologists
2008
2018
60 OVER%
Serious shortage of doctors!
Radiogram Interpretation
An alternative solution to diagnosis is required
MINISTRY OF HEALTH, LABOUR AND WELFARE DATA（2016）

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EIRL is the next medical image diagnostic support technology
to catalyze the coming generation of medical diagnosis.

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BRAIN SCREENING
Aneurysm Stenosis Brain
Measurements

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EIRL aneurysm
• AI-assisted software for detecting brain aneurysms from brain MRA
• Designed to reduce the number of overlooked lesions
• Japan’s first deep learning-assisted SaMD to be approved by the PMDA

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TECHNOLOGY
This system is approved in
accordance with the Act on Securing
Quality, Efficacy and Safety of
Products including Pharmaceuticals
and Medical
Devices (Pharmaceuticals and
Medical Devices Law) in Japan.
This system is not FDA cleared.

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93
CAD
Sensitivity
“Deep learning for MR angiography: automated detection of cerebral aneurysms”
Ueda D et al. Radiology 2018.
91% % 13
CAD
Improved
detection
4.8% %
Sensitivity on 683 Aneurysms
Presented at: The 77th Annual Meeting of the Japan Radiological Society
Supported by: Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

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EIRL aneurysm: Radiologists’ Feedback
It really helped when theAI identified lesions for the cases I was unsure of.
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It has an advantage in reducing the number of overlooked
lesions that come from human error.“
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I am satisfied with the analysis speed.
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Colonoscopy
• Together with the Jikei University School of Medicine, LPIXELis developing
an
AI-assisted colonoscopy system that analyzes images in real-time for the
detection and differential diagnosis of colonic lesions
• This national project is funded by the JapanAgency for Medical Research
and
Development (AMED)
• TheAI is anticipated to lower the risk of colorectal cancer by reducing the
number of overlooked lesions and misdiagnosed cases

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TECHNOLOGY
This system is not FDA cleared.

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98 91Detection Sensitivity
% %
Classification Sensitivity
This system was able to detect 95 out of
102 lesions within 2 seconds of appearing in
the colonoscopic image.
Presented at: The 95th Congress of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, Digestive Disease Week
Supported by: The Jikei University School of Medicine

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Future Vision

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Develop medical AI for other diseases
Chest X-ray Mammography

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Cultivate a society where AI will become
the norm
• DevelopAI technologies and deliver them to the global market
• CompileAI technologies from the world and bringing them medical
institutions all across Japan through RAQA, sales and technical
support

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Thank you for your kind attention