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 IDs head abnormalities in CT scans with 95% accuracy

A new artificial intelligence (AI) technology from healthcare startup Qure.ai can accurately identify serious abnormalities in head CT scans with more than 95 percent accuracy, according to a press release.

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FDA’s Gottlieb says AI ‘holds enormous promise for the future of medicine’

The FDA is working to encourage the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in healthcare, according the prepared remarks by the agency’s commissioner, Scott Gottlieb, MD, at Health Datapalooza in Washington, D.C.

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Machine learning platform cuts intracranial hemorrhage diagnosis time by 96%

A team at Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania created a machine learning platform able to read CT scans that reduced the time to detect internal bleeding by 96 percent.

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Neural connections formed while learning can change the brain's structure

A group of researchers at Thomas Jefferson University utilized super-resolution live-cell microscopy to visualize connections between neurons strengthening in real-time that produced structural changes in the brain.

Could AI, computer vision help modify—and improve—physician behavior?

Stanford researchers, who have previously witnessed artificial intelligence (AI) performing on par with board-certified dermatologists, are turning to computer vision to ensure patient safety and improve physician hygiene.

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Self-correcting robotic system ensures accurate CT-guided needle placement

A robotic needle-placement system outfitted with correction software to improve its accuracy in mechanizing computed tomography (CT)-guided needle placement, according to a study published ahead of print in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

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Why AI will make human knowledge more valuable

A recent editorial in STAT argued that as artificial intelligence (AI) continues to proliferate, the need for human providers will not decrease—rather, their knowledge will become more valuable in decision-making.

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Combination of AI, 3D printing software produces detailed organ models

Harvard Medical School researchers in collaboration with 3D bioprinting firm Aether recently introduced a 3D printing software that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to reproduce medical images of organs as 3D models.