“This is the only place where you can see every segment of Siemens Healthcarers under one roof, be it CT, MR, molecular imaging, advanced therapy, lab diagnostics or digital technology,” says Dilip Mangsuli, head of the company’s development center. .
In 2018, the company unveiled a multidisciplinary mobile C-arm, a medical imaging device that uses X-rays. The product designed in India was such a hit that it is now manufactured here and exported worldwide. In 2019, the company unveiled their first made-in-India CT scanner, another success.
Mangsuli says that these products may look like large mechanical, iron products, but in reality, a lot of unique software and digital technology goes into them. The company uses technologies such as DevOps, AI, automation and numerous software platforms. They also have to invest in cyber security experts. “Health care Huge targets are made by hackers. We need to make all our products hacker-proof, because most of our technology is in the cloud. “
The software and New age digital technology Mangsuli says that expertise makes India’s R&D apps extremely valuable to the company. The Bengaluru team today makes up about 54% of the global software / digital technology teams for Siemens Healthcare. And the company is betting that the next revolution in the medical field will come from digital technology.
We have digital twins of the heart that help us in the precise placement of electrodes on the patient’s heart for cardiac resynchronization therapy. These are done today, they are practical.Dilip Mangsuli, Head, Development Center, Siemens Healthcarers
Healthcare is being redesigned using three capabilities – patient twinning, precision therapy, and the adoption of digital, data, and AI. Patient twinning – a digital copy of the patient – enables the personalization of diagnosis, treatment selection and supervision after managing care and health. Precision therapy involves intelligent and image-guided treatment for the most dangerous diseases – such as using radiation therapy at a specific site of a brain tumor to prevent damage to healthy cells.
Mangsuli says AI in particular will be the lever to take us from image analytics to disease pathways to digital twins, which will help us navigate from disease management to wellness management.
“It simply came to our notice then. But we have created digital twins of organs. We have digital twins of the heart that help us in the precise placement of electrodes on the patient’s heart for cardiac resynchronization therapy. This is done today, it is practical, “he says.
