Topcon joins IBM’s Watson Health medical imaging collaborative

Topcon has joined IBM’s Watson Health medical imaging collaborative, according to a press release. Watson Health is comprised of 16 partners, including academic medical centers, health systems, ambulatory radiology providers and imaging technology companies. The partners will provide Watson with insight from a variety of sources, such as medical imaging data, electronic health records, radiology and pathology reports, lab results, doctors’ progress notes, medical journals, clinical care guidelines and published studies.