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In 2005, just 27 percent of men under 65 passed on immediate therapy and instead opted for “watchful waiting” or “active surveillance” for low-risk prostate cancer. A decade later, in 2015, 72 percent decided on a more conservative approach, according to a JAMA study.

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Researchers at Imperial College London and the University of Edinburgh in Scotland developed a machine learning software able to detect small vessel disease, a common cause of dementia and stroke, in brain CT scans with almost 90 percent accuracy.

Patient safety is a foremost concern for radiology departments—but current measures of a safe culture often do not account for the human factors that contribute to the nonreporting of safety issues.

South Korea

South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced this week that, for the very first time, it has approved a medical device that uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

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Strategic Radiology announced Wednesday, May 16, that Los Angeles-based Tower Imaging Medical Group has joined the organization’s coalition of independent radiology practices as an affiliate.

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South Korea is the latest nation to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) in their healthcare system. Today, South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety approved its first AI-based medical device, according to an article published May 16 by the Korea Herald.

Innovation at work

A referring physician orders an MRI of the lumbar spine and hits send. That order lands at three, sometimes four, outpatient imaging centers simultaneously. The center that contacts the patient first books the appointment. The rest miss out on the revenue.

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