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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Deep learning improves pneumothorax screening on chest CT

Xiang Li, PhD, with Massachusetts General Hospital’s Department of Radiology, and colleagues showed their platform could identify pneumothorax when tested on scans with and without the condition, doing so in less than three minutes per scan.

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How AI can help radiologists diagnose, treat kidney cancers

Machine learning models using radiomics can help radiologists classify renal cell carcinomas (RCCs), according to new findings published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

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How AI will impact hospital and health system workforces

Hospitals of the future will operate very differently than today thanks to the boom in AI, according to the American Hospital Association.

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AI takes 10 seconds to diagnose pneumonia on chest x-rays

A new AI platform takes a mere 10 seconds to identify key findings on a patient’s chest x-ray, compared to the 20 minutes typically required.

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Radiology societies team up for new statement on ethics of AI

Numerous imaging societies, including the American College of Radiology (ACR) and RSNA, have published a new statement on the ethical use of AI in radiology.

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Q&A: J. Raymond Geis on ethical AI in radiology

J. Raymond Geis, MD, senior scientist at the ACR Data Science Institute, spoke with HealthImaging about the recently published multisociety statement on ethical AI in radiology.

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Imaging societies publish new ethics of AI in radiology document

“The radiology community needs an ethical framework to help steer technological development, influence how different stakeholders respond to and use AI, and implement these tools to make the best decisions forand increasingly withpatients," said one of the paper's lead contributors, Raymond Geis, MD.

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Physical therapy a potential application for ‘sensitive’ artificial skin

Engineers and roboticists in Europe have invented an artificial skin that can provide wearers with haptic feedback—replicating the human sense of touch—for potential applications in various fields, including medical rehabilitation and physical therapy.