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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AI algorithm reads CT scans to predict immunotherapy response

Researchers have created an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm capable of reading CT scans to predict how patients will respond to a specific immunotherapy, according to a Lancet Oncology study.

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GBCAs found harmless to the brain in MR arthrography

“We found no evidence of intracranial gadolinium deposition on brain MR images in patients who had intraarticular gadolinium administered for MR arthrography and no other GBCA exposure,” wrote lead author Lauren Ladd, MD, and a radiologist at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

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RSNA kicks-off pneumonia detection machine learning challenge

The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) kicked off its second annual machine learning challenge on Aug. 27, inviting teams to create an algorithm capable of identifying and localizing pneumonia on chest x-rays.

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Handheld imaging probe may help diagnose pediatric eye diseases, brain trauma

Researchers from Duke University have created a handheld probe capable of capturing images of photoreceptors in the eyes of infants—potentially aiding early diagnoses of brain-related diseases and trauma.

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AI can detect specks of lung cancer with 95% accuracy

A team of engineers has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that can find lung cancer on CT scans with 95 percent accuracy.

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AI algorithm detects lung nodules with 95% accuracy

Researchers at the University of Central Florida’s Center for Research in Computer Vision have created an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that can detect specks of lung cancer in CT scans with 95 percent accuracy.

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VR tool could enhance medical imaging segmentation, error correction

Virtual Brain Segmenter (VBS), which automatically processes medical imaging data such as MRIs through segmentation, could increase the efficiency of brain scan analysis, according to a USC news release from Aug. 21.

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Iron-based MRI contrast performs twice as well as gadolinium

Nanoscientists at Rice University in Houston have created a method to pack iron into nanoparticles to create MRI contrast agents that outperform gadolinium-based agents, according to research published in ACS Nano.