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. 

fMRI reveals mindful people may feel less pain

Why do some people feel more pain than others? Using fMRI, researchers at Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, found the answer may lie in mindfulness, according to recent research published in PAIN.

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AI-based breast cancer detection method inspired by a classic video game

The creators of a fully automated medical image analysis program to detect breast tumors was inspired by the classic video game Tetris. It is also almost twice as fast at finding lesions as existing techniques and just as accurate.

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Tetris-inspired AI program can ID breast cancer in half the time

An automated medical image analysis program developed by researchers—deriving its functionality from Tetris, the widely known puzzle-piece video game—can identify breast cancer twice as quickly as existing methods, according to a Sept. 6 release from the University of Adelaide in Australia.  

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Deep learning system accurately assesses liver fibrosis using CT images

A deep learning system (DLS) designed to assess liver fibrosis using CT images was found to be highly accurate, according to a new study published in Radiology.

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AI models predicts mortality risk from CAD better than physicians

A model using artificial intelligence (AI) can better predict the risk of mortality in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), compared to models designed by medical experts, according to a new study published in PLOS One.

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Novel AI algorithm beats cardiologists' models in predicting heart disease mortality

A machine learning model developed by scientists at the Francis Crick Institute in London can more accurately predict risk of death in patients with heart disease than leading models designed by medical experts, according to a study published in PLOS One.

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NYU, Facebook to use AI to improve MRIs

The NYU School of Medicine’s department of radiology and Facebook recently announced a new collaborative research project focused on using artificial intelligence (AI) to make MRI scans up to 10 times faster. While some worry about AI’s impact in medical imaging, the potential for life-saving developments in medicine cannot be ignored.

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Singapore team uses AI to stop progression of prostate cancer

A team of Singapore-based researchers has created an artificial intelligence (AI) platform capable of calculating a patient’s optimal prostate cancer drug dosage that ultimately stopped the disease’s progression in a patient, according to a study published in Advanced Therapeutics.