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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Light-emitting nanoparticles may provide safer deep-tissue imaging, guide radiation therapy

Researchers from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed an imaging application that utilizes light-emitting nanoparticles and could provide a safer way to see deeper into living tissue and cells, according to research published in Nature Communications.

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AI accurately IDs diminutive polyps during colonoscopy

Computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) powered by artificial intelligence can accurately assess diminutive colorectal polyps, according to a new study published in Annals of Internal Medicine. But is the CAD’s performance level high enough that specialists can follow the recommended “diagnose-and leave” strategy for diminutive polyps?

Fluorescent dye enables longer bioimaging of single molecules

Chemists from Japan have developed a photostable fluorescent dye that enables long-term bioimaging of living cells in the near infrared region (NIR), according to a new study in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Google’s DeepMind AI system IDs 50 eye diseases, explains choices

An artificial intelligence (AI) software designed by Google DeepMind and U.K. physicians identified diseases on optical coherence tomography scans and made the correct referral choice in 94 percent of cases, according to a recent Nature Medicine report.

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Lightning-fast AI detects disease in CT scans faster than radiologists

Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) platform that can detect acute neurologic events in CT images in just 1.2 seconds, according to a new study published in Nature Medicine.

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MIT uses reinforced learning to reduce toxic doses for cancer patients

Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a machine-learning technique that reduces the toxic chemotherapy and radiotherapy doses for patients with the most aggressive form of brain cancer.

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AI diagnoses neurological diseases on CT in 1.2 seconds

An artificial intelligence (AI) platform created at Mount Sinai Health System in New York can accurately read a CT scan and diagnose a neurological illness, such as stroke in 1.2 seconds—outperforming its human counterpart.

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Machine-learning algorithm cuts drug doses by as much as 50% for glioblastoma patients

A machine-learning algorithm that uses a technique known as reinforced learning can dramatically cut toxic chemotherapy and radiotherapy by optimizing treatment plans and drug dosages for glioblastoma patients, according to research out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.