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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Study proposes ‘research framework’ for Alzheimer's based on biomarkers, not symptoms

Current Alzheimer’s disease research is primarily focused on symptoms, but a recent study proposed a new framework for understanding the disease based on biological brain changes and biomarkers.

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What healthcare can learn from Facebook's data scandal

Facebook's most recent data scandal had lawmakers grilling founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a Senate hearing April 11 and presents bioethics lessons for healthcare leaders who are creating AI models for clinical decision making

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An expert's take on the future of machine learning in quantitative image analysis

W. Art Chaovalitwongse, PhD, from the University of Arkansas, discussed using radiomics versus deep learning-based features to predict clinical outcomes from medical imaging data.

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CEO lists 6 reasons radiology will soon be ‘completely revolutionized’ by AI

Elad Walach, founder and CEO of the medical imaging company Aidoc, is one of many in the industry who believes radiology will be transformed by artificial intelligence (AI) sooner rather than later. He went into detail on the topic in a new column published in Forbes.

Consumers more comfortable with AI in healthcare than banking, retail

Consumers are most comfortable with artificial intelligence (AI) when its used in the healthcare when compared to banking or retail, according to a survey conducted by SAS.

Radiology supercomputer ‘Clara’ could improve imaging in a big way

Radiology supercomputer “Project Clara” could improve imaging quality while speeding up the detection of fatal diseases like cancer and heart failure, Forbes has reported.

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FDA approves primary care AI imaging device to detect eye disease in diabetics

Primary care physicians may now be able to identify moderate to severe levels of retinopathy in adult patients with diabetes using a recently FDA-approved artificial intelligence (AI) imaging device.

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New imaging technique detects prostate cancer not shown by MRI

Contrast-enhanced subharmonic imaging (SHI)—a new technique for imaging of microbubble ultrasound contrast agents—detected prostate cancers not identified by traditional MRI, according to a recent study presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) 2018 Annual Meeting.