During this year's RSNA meeting, providers were especially interested in how AI applications could enhance opportunistic screening capabilities.

In conjunction with prevention efforts, the introduction of screening examinations has resulted in a reduction of nearly 6 million cancer-related deaths since 1975.

Breast density is most often discussed within the context of cancer risk, but new research suggests that it also could be used as a marker of cardiometabolic health. 

The newly cleared offering, AutoChamber, was designed with opportunistic screening in mind. It can evaluate many different kinds of CT images, including those originally gathered to screen patients for lung cancer. 

It is estimated that up to one-third of the U.S. population does not have a primary care provider.