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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Aidoc, ACR Data Science Institute partner to validate AI effectiveness

Aidoc and the American College of Radiology Data Science Institute (ACR-DSI) are now helping artificial intelligence (AI) researchers track the performance of various algorithms with an assist from Nuance's PowerScribe Workflow Orchestration platform. 

MIT's deep learning technique could illuminate biological features in low-exposure images

An artificial intelligence (AI) technique developed by engineers at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts may be used to illuminate transparent features in medical images taken with little to no light. The research was published online Dec. 12 in the journal Physical Review Letters.

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AI imaging startup announces partnership with ACR

At the RSNA’s 2018 Annual Meeting in Chicago, Aidoc announced a new partnership with the American College of Radiology Science Institute to create standard solutions for the integration of AI into medical imaging and radiologists’ daily workflow.

AI-powered robotic animals comfort dementia patients

A VA nursing home in Albany, New York, is using robotic animals with built-in AI to comfort patients with dementia, according to a report by WNYT News.

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3 key ways AI can be used in interventional radiology

Artificial intelligence (AI), especially machine learning (ML), is destined to play a key role in the future of interventional radiology (IR), according to the authors of a new study published in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

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Study results unclear on screen time’s impact on children’s brains

A recent piece in the New York Times analyzed early results of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study covered during CBS’s “60 Minutes,” which associated increased screen usage with lower scores on aptitude tests and further brain processes.

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Why radiologists need machine learning curriculum to improve safety, workflow efficiency 

“If radiologists are expected to utilize machine learning models safely and effectively for imaging interpretation, education for all levels of background and experience will be required, and a formalized machine learning curriculum targeted toward early career radiologists and trainees is urgently needed," Monica J. Wood, MD and colleagues wrote.

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Precision radiology may become possible with deep learning-based abdominal CT segmentation

A deep learning algorithm developed by researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, segmented abdominal CT images to determine body composition similarly to, and at times, better than trained radiologists.