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.

Healthcare AI today: Senate arguments, aging infrastructure, ‘elastic’ jobs, more
States’ rights or federal power? Senate Republicans are of two minds on AI regulation in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
That’s no mere hospital—it’s a ‘complex adaptive system.’ Use GenAI accordingly.
From the perspective of management science, healthcare is a complex adaptive system marked by intricate feedback loops and overlapping interdependencies. As such, the sector demands caution by those introducing large-language AI into its tangled webs.
First AI-enabled POCUS app for detecting pleural effusion and atelectasis earns FDA clearance
The apps are embedded into the Exo Iris transducer, which can be plugged directly into a smartphone, utilized anywhere and without the internet.
Startup seeking to simplify medical imaging referrals raises $101M
Tennr uses an “enterprise orchestration engine” and series of specialized language models, trained on the nuances of processing documentation against payer criteria.
AI model gets helpful heart assessments out of nongated CT scans
"Using AI for tasks like CAC detection can help shift medicine from a reactive approach to the proactive prevention of disease," one researcher said.

New VR experience recreates life with Alzheimer’s disease

A new virtual reality (VR) experience lets users see the world through the eyes of someone with Alzheimer’s disease.

Chain reaction: How blockchain helps health systems boost security, cut costs

Blockchain technology can play a key role in the management of medical records, according to a new commentary published in npj Digital Medicine.

Can Alexa spot signs of cognitive decline?

Voice assistant systems such as Amazon Alexa and Google Home may soon be able to identify signs of cognitive impairment.

AI that detects cardiac arrest over the phone coming to Australia

Some operators answering calls to 000, Australia’s national emergency number, will soon have AI technology helping them identify signs of cardiac arrest over the phone.

CT reveals improved lung function following weight-loss surgery

"For the first time, this study has demonstrated changes in the CT morphology of large and small airways that improve when individuals lose weight," researchers wrote in Radiology.

Advanced imaging, genomic analysis may change the way we treat cancer patients

"This study is a bridge between genetic sequencing, single-cell analysis and high-resolution medical imaging," researchers said of their study published in PLOS One.

Sony’s smart operating room platform gains FDA clearance

Sony Electronics has received FDA clearance for its NUCLeUS Operating Room, Imaging Management and Collaboration Control platform.

AI crunches images in less than a second to devise cancer treatment plan

A new deep learning tool, developed by UT Southwestern, could potentially eliminate harmful delays in the delivery of radiation therapy.

Artificial Intelligence

Healthcare AI today: Senate arguments, aging infrastructure, ‘elastic’ jobs, more

That’s no mere hospital—it’s a ‘complex adaptive system.’ Use GenAI accordingly.

First AI-enabled POCUS app for detecting pleural effusion and atelectasis earns FDA clearance

Startup seeking to simplify medical imaging referrals raises $101M

AI model gets helpful heart assessments out of nongated CT scans