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. 

Storytelling robots send parents of young children into AI’s ‘uncanny valley’

Many parents would let their children be read to by robots as long as the device didn’t project a little too much lifelikeness.

‘Tic Tac Toe’ MRI technique uncovers sickle cell’s impact on the brain

An estimated 100,000 people in the U.S. live with sickle cell disease, which disproportionately affects African Americans.

New tools, techniques emerge to extend AI’s adaptability in cloud-based drug discovery

Because they learn as they go, machine learning models for drug discovery have to be continuously re-trained for changing conditions in drug production processes.

AI teams with fMRI to advance the state of deep brain stimulation

The system hit 88% accuracy at optimizing stimulation settings, as confirmed by brain-response patterns on neuroimaging as well as visibly observable symptom improvement in patients with Parkinson’s disease.

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New AI model uses readily available healthcare data to predict type 2 diabetes

The team’s algorithm was trained, validated and tested with data from a total of more than 2.1 million patients.

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Publicly traded radiology provider Akumin buys 34% stake in AI firm for $4.6M

The Plantation, Florida, imaging center operator declined to disclose its partner's name for "strategic reasons." 

Diamond tracers may be vital key to cost-friendly, high-resolution imaging

These microdiamonds can be detected simultaneously via optical and radiofrequency imaging methods, opening up a number of new possibilities.

2-way BCI gives greater limb control to people with paralysis

Bioengineers have developed a brain-computer interface that replicates the sense of touch, allowing a robotic arm and hand to not only receive command signals from the brain but also send back signals of stimulation.