Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a crucial component of healthcare to help augment physicians and make them more efficient. In medical imaging, it is helping radiologists more efficiently manage PACS worklists, enable structured reporting, auto detect injuries and diseases, and to pull in relevant prior exams and patient data. In cardiology, AI is helping automate tasks and measurements on imaging and in reporting systems, guides novice echo users to improve imaging and accuracy, and can risk stratify patients. AI includes deep learning algorithms, machine learning, computer-aided detection (CAD) systems, and convolutional neural networks. 

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Radiologists develop AI to flag artifacts on CT pulmonary angiography

The capability could allow immediate alerting of CT technologists, who would adjust scan protocols or re-scan patients to optimize image quality prior to physician interpretation.

Work no less burdensome for 70% of 276 radiologists using AI

Radiologists across Europe have been finding AI algorithms useful for improving efficiency at some tasks—yet, overall, few have received AI-attributable workload relief.

‘Vast and diverse’ repository of image data goes open-access for healthcare AI researchers

A small medtech outfit in North Carolina is opening its trove of medical imaging datasets to academic researchers working to develop AI applications for healthcare.

Seeds planted for a needs-based, radiology-specific AI curriculum

There’s no shortage of educational resources for teaching radiologists at all learning levels the principles and particulars of medical AI, but the need for radiology-specific materials is pronounced, according to a study published June 23. 

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AI software approved for use on adult chest X-rays shows promise for pediatric population

In a sampling of 2,273 chest radiographs of kids aged 2 to 18-years-old the AI-based software achieved diagnostic accuracies ranging from 86% to 96.9% for detecting a myriad of pathologies.

2 imaging AI vendors teaming up to present 1 point of sale

A healthcare AI platform supplier headquartered in Scotland is collaborating on marketing with a San Francisco-based AI startup co-founded and -led by a radiologist.

Radiomic model predicts radiotherapy outcomes for patients with brain metastases

The model performed well in assessing treatment responses, but experts explained that one of the most beneficial aspects of their model was that its results are interpretable in a “clinician-friendly way.” 

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Deep learning model boosts trisomy 21 detection on ultrasound images

"Our model is a potential tool to improve the primary trisomy 21 screening based on ultrasonographic images for universal clinical application," experts involved in the study suggested.