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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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.

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Hospital system uses AI to root out, investigate radiologist errors in CT analysis

Sutter Health has used the new artificial intelligence platform to catch missed cancer diagnoses before they snowball into an untreatable state. 

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Hello AI, Goodbye Radiology as We Know It

A machine able to interpret diagnostic imaging studies better than radiologists has long been foreseen, yet its arrival comes almost as a surprise. We have underestimated the potential of AI to perform the kinds of work we do.

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Wait. Will AI Replace Radiologists After All?

Despite authoritative voices reassuring radiologists that artificial intelligence will never seriously cull their workforce, speculation to the contrary continues. In fact, some of the prognosticators most certain about likely job losses are radiologists themselves.

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Patients want a say in AI: 5 ways to help radiology get there

Although they've often been kept on the sidelines, patients believe artificial intelligence should address a number of clear priorities.

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VR assists with diagnosis, treatment of congenital heart defects

When Brevin Cronk found himself in an emergency room last December, his blood-oxygen level was 77% and his lips had turned blue. It was soon determined by the team at UW Medical Center in Seattle that a transcatheter repair was necessary—and virtual reality (VR) played a key role in Cronk’s care.

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Patients fearful of artificial intelligence, may require radiologist hand-holding

The University of Saskatchewan recently held a patient engagement workshop dedicated to AI and found that some consumers still harbor anxieties about its unknown elements. 

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Do robotic endoscopic systems provide value?

Robot-assisted bronchoscopies (RABs) are “safe and feasible,” according to new findings published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine. Will this breakthrough lead to improvements in patient care?