High levels of background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) on breast MRI scans are associated with a greater chance of breast cancer in high-risk women, according to a new meta-analysis published in Radiology.
Predictions of heart attacks and deaths based on coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) are more accurate when made using an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm than with the Coronary Artery Disease Reporting and Data System (CAD-RADS) or other risk assessment methods.
Sportswear brand Under Armour filed a patent application this week for a new “smart” shoe that’s able to take a wearer’s blood pressure and help them recover faster from a workout.
Paralleling its drive for greater transparency in hospital and insurer pricing, the Trump Administration is calling for AI to be made more readily understandable in all industries using it, including healthcare.
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has announced a significant expansion of its ACR AI-LAB pilot program aimed at helping imaging providers develop and use AI algorithms.
Patients prescribed statins for CV risk reduction are more than twice as likely to develop type 2 diabetes compared to non-statin users, a study out of Ohio State University has found.
A new CT- and PET-imaging-based approach—one that entails applying big data to personalizing treatment protocols—is needed to better identify which head and neck carcinoma (HNC) patient subgroups respond to which specific therapies.
The shareholders of both Centene and WellCare Health Plans have approved a plan for the two companies to merge, they announced June 24. The deal is worth $17.3 billion and is expected to close in the first half of 2020.
