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Environmental Control Center shares extend gains on AI system development for asbestos fiber counting

Mon Mar 30, 2026 1:27 pm JST Catalyst

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL CENTER CO.,LTD. <4657> extended its gains. Around 1:00 p.m., the company announced that a joint research team with the National Institute for Environmental Studies and Japan NUS Co., Ltd. (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; hereinafter JANUS) has developed an AI system to support asbestos fiber counting operations, which is being viewed as positive news.

The system was developed based on the recognition that there is a need for a support system capable of counting with the same accuracy and analysis time as experienced analysts by applying artificial intelligence (AI) to fiber detection in phase contrast microscopy (PCM) images. The developed system, "MECOLAS," is an automatic detection system using AI models and image processing for PCM images of actual atmospheric samples, and is said to be Japan's first asbestos measurement support system amid the global trend of international standardization bodies and occupational safety and health organizations, including the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), increasingly considering AI utilization for asbestos counting.

Source: MINKABU PRESS

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