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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Amazon, Google, other industry leaders sign off on new healthcare-focused AI standard

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has developed a new standard for the use of AI in healthcare, working with representatives from more than 50 organizations impacted by this evolving technology.

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Welcome to the future: AI-powered ‘super nurse’ now monitoring patients

A new “super nurse” designed using AI technology, advanced sensors and cameras is now collecting patient data at Israel’s Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.

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Radiologist nabs $4.5M grant to eradicate human limitations of mammography reading

Christopher Lee, MD, who teaches radiology at UW’s School of Medicine, is earning the funds through the NIH’s Method to Extend Research Time award, or MERIT. 

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AI’s ‘extra set of eyes’ helps radiologists identify missed intracranial hemorrhage cases

“Given the potential impact diagnostic errors can have on patient outcomes, new AI tools and technology that can assist radiologists may be of great value as clinicians strive to continuously decrease error rates and improve patient care,” researchers wrote in Academic Radiology.

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Will blockchain answer the pharmaceutical industry’s prayers?

Blockchain technology may help the pharmaceutical industry achieve a substantial goal.

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How AI can match schizophrenia patients with the best, most effective treatment plans

Machine learning could play a significant role in the future treatment of schizophrenia patients, according to new research published in JAMA Network Open.

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Advanced imaging confirms cooling therapy targets brain’s core in newborns

Babies who suffer from a lack of oxygen are often treated using whole-body cooling in order to save brain tissue, but until now it's been difficult to determine how this therapy actually impacts the organ.

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Meditation alters brain connectivity in areas associated with emotion, MRI shows

Volunteers reported feeling less stressed after three months of Transcendental Meditation, and fMRI offered an important clue as to why, researchers reported in Brain and Cognition.