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. 

International group calls for more nursing in healthcare AI—and vice versa

The profession of nursing is something of a sleeping giant within the global village of healthcare AI, according to an interdisciplinary collaborative of healthcare workers from North America and Europe.

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Leading radiology, healthcare groups announce machine learning challenge for detecting COVID-19

RSNA and the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine are among those hosting the challenge.

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Artificial intelligence predicts if lung nodules found on CT will become cancerous

Dutch researchers believe the program could lead to fewer unnecessary diagnostic interventions, lower radiologists' workloads and reduce the costs of cancer screening. 

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Artificial intelligence-radiologist combo reduces missed lung cancer diagnoses by 60%

Taking a radiologist-centric approach to AI development holds promise for catching systematically missed lung cancers, experts wrote recently. 

New brain imaging lab takes people outside cramped MRIs for face-to-face research

Virginia Tech scientists said they're "giddy" to get individuals outside of magnets and open new doors within neuroimaging research.

Advanced MRI unveils ‘landmark’ discovery about human brain development

After more than five years of work, researchers now have one of the most advanced publicly available fetal MRI datasets.

Injectable ultrasound chip wirelessly monitors, treats preclinical patients

Biomedical and electrical engineers have invented a probe so small it must be inserted hypodermically yet can monitor vital signs and even stimulate tissue for therapeutic purposes.

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AI startup Whiterabbit exits stealth mode to announce FDA-cleared breast density software, new CEO

The Santa Clara, California-based company has raised more than $49 million in funding and inked partnerships with providers including RadNet and the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology.