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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Research may offer new method to detect GBCA on MRI

Notably lower T1 relaxation times, or how brain signals can weaken over time, may point to the presence of gadolinium in the brains of patients who’ve had more than one contrast-enhanced MRI exam, according to research published online Jan. 1 in Radiology.

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AI trained with less than 1,000 CT scans may solve 'black box' challenge

Using less than 1,000 imaging cases, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston were able to train an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to detect intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) and classify its five subtypes on unenhanced head CT scans, according to research published in the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering.

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Las Vegas trial takes new approach for studying Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s

A one-of-a-kind trial is underway testing the GE180 radioactive tracer in humans to potentially better understand the root causes of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.

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New brain imaging study challenges conventional treatment of schizophrenia

New research published in The American Journal of Psychiatry suggests the brain function of individuals with schizophrenia is more nuanced than previously thought.

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App uses AI to forecast hypoglycemic events in diabetics

A new feature for a personal diabetes management application leverages AI to predict the likelihood of a user experiencing a hypoglycemic event in the next one to four hours.

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AI predicts severity of 3 common symptoms in cancer patients

Researchers have successfully used two different machine learning algorithms to predict three common symptoms—sleep disturbance, anxiety and depression—experienced by cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. The team's findings were published in PLOS One.

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MRIs of autistic children reveal new insights into neural connectivity 

The team, led by Terisa P. Gabrielsen, PhD, assistant professor at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, successfully conducted structural and functional MRI scans of 37 children and adolescents between the ages of 7 and 17 years with autism—including 17 with less-developed language skills, according to research published online Jan. 2 in the journal Molecular Autism.

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MRI study shows brain changes linger 6 months after concussion

Using a technique that combines two MRI scans, researchers have developed an objective way to monitor concussions, according to a study published in NeuroImage: Clinical.