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. 

AI helps radiologists assess axillary lymph nodes

Artificial intelligence (AI) can be trained to predict a patient’s likelihood of axillary lymph node metastasis using a breast MRI dataset, according to a study published in the Journal of Digital Imaging.

January 16, 2019
As artificial intelligence (AI) adoption expands in radiology, there is growing concern that AI algorithms needs to undergo quality assurance (QA) reviews. How to validate radiology AI? How can you validate medical imaging AI?

Researchers receive $196K grant to address issues related to AI, transparency in healthcare

Researchers at Duke University have been awarded a $196,000 grant to address a growing issue related to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare: the gray area between explaining decisions to patients and protecting trade secrets associated with clinical decision support (CDS) software. 

January 16, 2019

NHS hopes AI can help make up for ongoing radiologist shortage

Various companies are working with the National Health Service (NHS) in England to see if their artificial intelligence (AI) technology can identify signs of breast cancer as well as radiologists, according to a report from the Financial Times. 

January 14, 2019
Julius Bogdan, vice president and general manager of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Digital Health Advisory Team for North America, explains the use of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to help address health disparities and the rise of healthcare consumerism. Machine Learning

Appreciation of machine learning on the rise among imaging professionals

How significant is the hype surrounding artificial intelligence and machine learning in radiology? According to new market research from Reaction Data, 77 percent of imaging professionals said they think machine learning is important when asked about it in 2018, up from 65 percent in 2017.

January 9, 2019

AI predicts severity of 3 common symptoms in cancer patients

Researchers have successfully used two different machine learning algorithms to predict three common symptoms—sleep disturbance, anxiety and depression—experienced by cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. The team's findings were published in PLOS One.

January 2, 2019

Aidoc, ACR Data Science Institute partner to validate AI effectiveness

Aidoc and the American College of Radiology Data Science Institute (ACR-DSI) are now helping artificial intelligence (AI) researchers track the performance of various algorithms with an assist from Nuance's PowerScribe Workflow Orchestration platform. 

December 12, 2018

3 key ways AI can be used in interventional radiology

Artificial intelligence (AI), especially machine learning (ML), is destined to play a key role in the future of interventional radiology (IR), according to the authors of a new study published in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

December 11, 2018

FDA approves iCAD’s new AI solution for DBT

iCAD has received FDA clearance for its ProFound AI solution, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help radiologists detect cancers in digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) images.

December 7, 2018

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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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