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.

Industry Watcher’s Digest
FDA commissioner Robert Califf recently suggested the agency may need to double its workforce. And that’s just to oversee AI.
GBCA dose reduced by up to 80% with help from deep learning-based image reconstruction
Although GBCAs are largely considered safe, there are concerns about how gadolinium retention could affect patients who require repeated imaging.
First patients treated with Abbott’s new balloon-expandable TAVR valve
Abbott already has an FDA-approved self-expanding TAVR valve, the Navitor system, on the market. The company is now evaluating the safety and effectiveness of a new balloon-expandable device that could potentially be implanted using software guidance.
FDA taking the long view of generative AI in healthcare
The FDA’s fledgling Digital Health Advisory Committee (DHAC) only held its first meeting last week, but it has already committed its thinking to writing.
Frequent AI use may increase radiologists’ risk of burnout
The problem is particularly pronounced among members of the specialty who already have a high workload or are skeptical of artificial intelligence.

VR shows promise as learning tool for early-career interventional radiologists

A virtual reality (VR) program designed for early-career interventional radiologists and medical students is being further developed for use in health simulations and medical emergencies, according to a report in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

March 17, 2018

AcerMed goes belly-up, president points to lawsuit

AcerMed, an ambulatory EMR provider in Irvine, California, has gone out of business, and its president, Richard Younis, blames a lawsuit with MedInformatix for the company's demise.

September 13, 2007

Artificial Intelligence

Industry Watcher’s Digest

GBCA dose reduced by up to 80% with help from deep learning-based image reconstruction

First patients treated with Abbott’s new balloon-expandable TAVR valve

FDA taking the long view of generative AI in healthcare

Frequent AI use may increase radiologists’ risk of burnout