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. 

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.

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New UC Irvine center to focus on AI in healthcare

A new center at the University of California, Irvine is working to better serve patients and healthcare providers by using artificial intelligence (AI).

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1st focused ultrasound US study to open blood-brain barrier will help deliver glioblastoma drugs

In the first-of-its-kind FDA-approved study, researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine are using MRI-guided focused ultrasound to open the blood-brain barrier to help deliver drugs for patients with glioblastoma.

iCAD gains FDA clearance for AI software that calculates breast density

iCAD announced that its PowerLook Density Assessment 3.4 solution has gained FDA clearance. The software, compatible with iCAD’s digital breast tomosynthesis solutions, uses artificial intelligence to assess patients’ breast density.