JACR editorial: A bleak view on the future of AI and radiology

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JACR editorial: A bleak view on the future of AI and radiology

“Today there are 34,000 radiologists in the United States. Unless radiologists do things other than interpret imaging studies, there will be need for far fewer of them,” wrote Robert Schier, MD, with Radnet, in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

JACR editorial: A bleak view on the future of AI and radiology

Survey: Hospitals consider outsourcing imaging to cut costs

A recent Black Book Market Research survey of administrators from 709 hospitals and inpatient organizations found medical imaging among the most popular services hospitals are considering outsourcing to save money.

Survey: Hospitals consider outsourcing imaging to cut costs

Radiomics differentiates luminal A breast cancer, benign lesions from MRI dataset

Researchers have found that quantitative radiomics can better distinguish between benign lesions and luminal A breast cancers than using maximum linear size alone, according to a study published May 10 in Academic Radiology.

Radiomics differentiates luminal A breast cancer, benign lesions from MRI dataset

Cardiac MRI effective in diagnosing rare 'broken heart syndrome'

Australian researchers found cardiac MRI an accurate method of diagnosing mid-cavity variant Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM)—a rare acute coronary syndrome also known as "broken heart syndrome"—in a case study published in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.

Cardiac MRI effective in diagnosing rare 'broken heart syndrome'

ACR’s Allen on partnering with MICCAI, the future of AI

Bibb Allen Jr., MD, chief medical officer with the American College of Radiology (ACR)’s Data Science Institute (DSI) talked with HealthImaging about focusing Medical Image Computing and Computer Assistance Intervention's (MICCAI) artificial intelligence (AI) challenges on radiologists' clinical needs.

ACR’s Allen on partnering with MICCAI, the future of AI

Computational method uses CT, algorithms to assess lungs for COPD

A research team compiled of mathematicians, clinicians and imaging technicians from the University of Southampton in the U.K. recently developed a computational method to analyze x-ray images of the lungs for overall function and presence of fatal diseases.

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Computational method uses CT, algorithms to assess lungs for COPD

Canadian particle accelerator produces Tc-99m isotopes

A team at the University of Alberta in Canada has devised a method utilizing a cyclotron particle accelerator to produce the radioactive tracer technetium-99m—the parent of Molybdenum-99. It may be able to produce enough radioactive isotope for the entire province, CBC.ca reports.

Canadian particle accelerator produces Tc-99m isotopes

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