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 model delivers 'efficient and reliable' breast density assessments

Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School developed a deep learning (DL) model that measures breast density “at the level of an experienced mammographer.” Results of the study were published in Radiology.

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Mixed-reality headset enhances accuracy of external ventricular drain insertion

Using a mixed-reality holographic computer headset, neurosurgeons can more accurately perform external ventricular drain (EVD) insertion, according a new study out of Beijing published in the Journal of Neurosurgery.

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RSNA’s new AI journal names its first deputy editor

William Hsu, PhD, an associate professor of radiological sciences at UCLA, is the first deputy editor of RSNA’s new online journal, Radiology: Artificial Intelligence.

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UCLA’s William Hsu named deputy editor of RSNA's new AI journal

William Hsu, PhD, a biomedical informatician and associate professor of radiology at UCLA, has been named deputy editor for the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)’s new journal, Radiology: Artificial Intelligence.

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AI improves with input from radiologists

Artificial intelligence (AI) models utilizing radiologist-provided BI-RADS classification outperformed methods that did not use them, according to an Oct. 15 study in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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Stronger together: AI performs better with radiologist input

Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms perform significantly better when they include the opinions of radiologists, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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Microscopic imaging of kidney damage from contrast dyes opens door for novel drug therapies

Using microscopic imaging, researchers from the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada have shown how the kidneys negatively respond to contrast dyes used during various medical tests and procedures, according to a university press release published Oct. 15.

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Google’s AI algorithm for detecting breast cancer put to the test in 2 new studies

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm developed by Google can help detect metastatic breast cancers with significant accuracy and improve pathologist performance, according to two new studies published in the Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and the American Journal of Surgical Pathology.