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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Radiologists must ‘lean in’ to disruption, forge alliances to win in 2020, experts say

Disrupters such as Google and Walmart are turning healthcare upside down, and imaging is no exception. 

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Is AI biting off more than it can chew in radiology?

One expert believes AI "simply isn't ready" to handle the ever-growing workload many imaging professionals are encountering, sharing his thoughts Feb. 4 in Forbes.

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AI rivals radiologists at classifying common hip arthritis—with a few caveats

More than 230 million people are impacted by osteoarthritis across the globe, and that figure is only increasing in the United States as the population grows older.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.