Johns Hopkins University BIOS Division: Advancing Intracerebral Hemorrhage Treatments Through AI

Use case typeMedical imagingUpdated Jun 13, 2026

Johns Hopkins University BIOS Division is dedicated to improving clinical trials and medical image reviews through data science-driven approaches. To accelerate brain hemorrhage image analysis and improve treatment outcomes, the division used Google Cloud, including Cloud Healthcare API, Compute Engine, Cloud Dataflow, and Google Kubernetes Engine. They developed AI-driven models for brain scan analysis that reduce clinical trial brain scan review times from five hours to 30 seconds and improve diagnostic accuracy. The solution integrates DICOM medical imaging and automates machine learning training and inference pipelines for near real-time clinical trial capabilities. The implementation reduced research and infrastructure costs, accelerated insights generation, and democratized NIH study-quality core lab capabilities for more widespread healthcare impact.

Industry
Healthcare
Published
June 2024

Reported outcomes

30 seconds

timeTime & speed

5 hourstime

Strategic outcomes

Speed & agilityEnabled near real-time trial operationsNew product / capabilityBuilt AI brain scan analysis systemCustomer experience & trustImproved patient treatment outcomesCost efficiencyReduced research and infrastructure costs

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  • 1Medical Image Analysis
  • 2Clinical Trial Acceleration
  • 3Machine Learning
The challenge was to accelerate the analysis of brain hemorrhage medical images to speed up clinical trial data processing and improve patient treatment outcomes.
  • They built a cloud-based machine learning system integrating Cloud Healthcare API for handling medical images, Compute Engine and Cloud Dataflow for pipeline automation, and Google Kubernetes Engine for automated inference.
  • A robust AI algorithm was developed and trained on a curated library of brain hemorrhage patient images.
  • The AI-driven system could analyze brain scans in about 30 seconds instead of 5 hours, allowing near real-time clinical trial operations.
  • Clinical brain scan analysis time reduced from 5 hours to 30 seconds, improving speed and efficiency.
  • AI-driven image analysis enhanced accuracy of brain hemorrhage data points with a dice coefficient of 0.93, comparable to expert human analysis.
  • Research and infrastructure costs for clinical trials decreased significantly due to cloud adoption.
  • Enables real-time capability in trial core laboratory functions, improving patient care and outcomes.
Architecture

The architecture integrates Cloud Healthcare API to manage DICOM medical images, Compute Engine and Cloud Dataflow for machine learning training and data pipelines, and Google Kubernetes Engine to automate inference pipelines, enabling fast, accurate brain hemorrhage image analysis.

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