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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Radiologists don’t need to be experts in AI—but they should still study the basics

As the relationship between radiology and artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve, radiology trainees may find themselves wondering what, exactly, they should know about these groundbreaking technologies. Do they need to be AI experts? Can they just avoid the subject altogether?

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MR fingerprinting IDs neurological condition in epilepsy patients in 2.5 minutes

An MR framework enabling simultaneous multiple parametric T1 and T2 proton density mapping—MR fingerprinting—can identify lesions indicative of a severe neurological condition in patients with a common form of epilepsy—all in under 150 seconds.

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VR may advance accuracy of brain aneurysm diagnosis, neurosurgery

Researchers found that using a virtual reality (VR) headset was able to identify brain aneurysms with the same accuracy as matched reference standards, according to a study published in the online July issue of Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery.

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RSNA announces 2-day course on AI in Paris

RSNA announced this week that it will be offering a new Spotlight Course focused on artificial intelligence (AI) September 23-24 at the Espace Saint-Martin in Paris.

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Innovative robotic MRI system may improve neurosurgery for Parkinson's patients

Mechanical engineers and surgeons from the University of Hong Kong have recently developed what could be the world's first neurosurgical robotic system that can perform bilateral stereotactic neurosurgery on a patient inside an MRI machine.

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Convolutional neural network reveals 'choices'—and why they were made—in classifying retinal images

A convolutional neural network (CNN) model performed as well as clinicians in classifying the area of concern in retinal fundus images and provided evidence for why those choices were made—a common problem for artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

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Lab uses eye-tracking device, AI to study impact of contextual bias on radiologists interpreting mammograms

Radiologists are “significantly influenced” by contextual bias when interpreting mammograms, according to a new study published in the Journal of Medical Imaging.

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MIT-developed AI algorithm compares 3D images 1,000 times faster than standard techniques

MIT researchers have developed an artificial intelligence-(AI) based algorithm that can register three-dimensional (3D) images 1,000 times more quickly than standard medical image registration techniques.