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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AI improves radiologists’ skeletal-age assessment accuracy while reducing interpretation times

Such exams are crucial for determining children’s developmental status but can be time consuming and tedious for physicians, experts wrote in Radiology

September 30, 2021
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Lab startup specializing in labeling medical images for artificial intelligence raises $15M

Centaur Labs deploys “tens of thousands” of medical students across 140 countries, competing on its smartphone app as they work to label X-ray, CT, MR, and US images for algorithms. 

September 3, 2021

Startup aiming to root out misdiagnoses in radiology raises $25M in new funding

New York-based Covera Health said the Series C financing comes by way of private equity firm Insight Partners, with additional contributions from existing investors. 

August 24, 2021
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Nanox sees stock slide after FDA finds deficiencies in application for novel imaging system

The Israel-based radiology startup said it plans to respond by the 180-day deadline, but did not indicate whether the rollout of its technology will be postponed. 

August 19, 2021

Imaging disrupter Nanox acquiring AI firm, teleradiology outfit for total of $230M

The publicly traded startup is paying $200M to land artificial intelligence expert Zebra Medical and $30 million more for USARad, the three said. 

August 11, 2021
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Abbott’s AI-powered coronary imaging platform receives FDA approval

This latest announcement comes just a few months after the platform gained CE mark approval.

August 3, 2021
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American College of Radiology links with ophthalmologists to expand AI efforts into eyecare

ACR is collaborating with the American Academy of Ophthalmology on the initiative, adding new data and use cases to its AI-LAB platform.

July 28, 2021
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Registration now open for RSNA 2021 in Chicago following COVID-19 hiatus

The world’s largest medical imaging conference will return to Chicago's lakefront on Sunday, Nov. 28, after the pandemic forced its in-person cancellation in 2020. 

July 21, 2021

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"This was an unneeded burden, which was solely adding to the administrative hassles of medicine," said American Society of Nuclear Cardiology President Larry Phillips.

SCAI and four other major healthcare organizations signed a joint letter in support of intravascular ultrasound. 

The newly approved AI models are designed to improve the detection of pulmonary embolisms and strokes in patients who undergo CT scans.

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