The technique notched high image quality scores while detecting stenosis with 86% sensitivity and 88% specificity, Johns Hopkins researchers reported.

Mass General scientists believe their AI system could address further facets of the pandemic and other diseases manifested in medical images. 

Clinicians can use the tool to automatically quantify, outline and measure brain abnormalities during emergency situations.

One study found rads who performed fewer than 100 percutaneous transthoracic procedures had more than double the risk of false negatives.

A Mount Sinai School of Medicine-led team said such scans should be used to spot possible osteoporosis.

The San Francisco-based AI vendor said CMS evaluated other companies, but only chose to renew reimbursement for Viz LVO due to "strong clinical outcomes."

More than 800,000 of the 40 million annual ED visits in the U.S. now involve spine injuries, and imaging use for these traumas has tripled in some populations.

Patients also benefit by avoiding unneeded radiation exposure, while healthcare systems sidestep added medical costs.