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. 

Artificial intelligence

ACR, SIIM to host summit focused on AI

The American College of Radiology (ACR) Data Science Institute (DSI) and Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) are joining forces on May 30 to host the Spring 2018 Data Science Summit: Economics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Health Care.

April 30, 2018
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AI algorithm IDs head abnormalities in CT scans with 95% accuracy

A new artificial intelligence (AI) technology from healthcare startup Qure.ai can accurately identify serious abnormalities in head CT scans with more than 95 percent accuracy, according to a press release.

April 27, 2018
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FDA’s Gottlieb says AI ‘holds enormous promise for the future of medicine’

The FDA is working to encourage the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in healthcare, according the prepared remarks by the agency’s commissioner, Scott Gottlieb, MD, at Health Datapalooza in Washington, D.C.

April 26, 2018

Machine learning platform cuts intracranial hemorrhage diagnosis time by 96%

A team at Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania created a machine learning platform able to read CT scans that reduced the time to detect internal bleeding by 96 percent.

April 24, 2018
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Neural connections formed while learning can change the brain's structure

A group of researchers at Thomas Jefferson University utilized super-resolution live-cell microscopy to visualize connections between neurons strengthening in real-time that produced structural changes in the brain.

April 24, 2018

Could AI, computer vision help modify—and improve—physician behavior?

Stanford researchers, who have previously witnessed artificial intelligence (AI) performing on par with board-certified dermatologists, are turning to computer vision to ensure patient safety and improve physician hygiene.

April 23, 2018

Self-correcting robotic system ensures accurate CT-guided needle placement

A robotic needle-placement system outfitted with correction software to improve its accuracy in mechanizing computed tomography (CT)-guided needle placement, according to a study published ahead of print in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

April 19, 2018

Why AI will make human knowledge more valuable

A recent editorial in STAT argued that as artificial intelligence (AI) continues to proliferate, the need for human providers will not decrease—rather, their knowledge will become more valuable in decision-making.

April 19, 2018