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. 

Machine learning tool expedites detection of white matter lesions in stroke patients

A machine learning tool developed by researchers at Imperial College London could assess the severity of leukoaraiosis in stroke patients with greater efficiency and accuracy than the typical emergency room CT, a study published this week in Radiology states.

June 25, 2018
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Radiologists don’t need to be experts in AI—but they should still study the basics

As the relationship between radiology and artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve, radiology trainees may find themselves wondering what, exactly, they should know about these groundbreaking technologies. Do they need to be AI experts? Can they just avoid the subject altogether?

June 25, 2018
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RSNA announces 2-day course on AI in Paris

RSNA announced this week that it will be offering a new Spotlight Course focused on artificial intelligence (AI) September 23-24 at the Espace Saint-Martin in Paris.

June 20, 2018
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Lab uses eye-tracking device, AI to study impact of contextual bias on radiologists interpreting mammograms

Radiologists are “significantly influenced” by contextual bias when interpreting mammograms, according to a new study published in the Journal of Medical Imaging.

June 19, 2018
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

Machine learning could enable medical image registration during operations

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge have been studying a machine learning algorithm they say makes the process of medical image registration more than 1,000 times faster.

June 18, 2018
Cheryl Petersilge, MD, MBA, with the department of regional radiology at the Cleveland Clinic, examined enterprise imaging—and how radiologists must integrate and collaborate with other departments. Her clinical perspective clinical perspective was published online in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

New Zealand imaging provider to use AI for prostate cancer detection

Mercy Radiology, a New Zealand-based imaging provider, has plans to use artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to help with the detection of prostate cancer.

June 13, 2018

Machine learning-based ‘red dot’ triage system shows promise for optimizing radiologist workload

A machine learning-based “red dot” triage system could help differentiate between normal and abnormal chest radiographs while optimizing clinician workflow, British researchers reported this month in Clinical Radiology.

June 13, 2018
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ASNR honors neuroradiology fellow for deep learning research

The American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) announced that Peter Chang, MD, a neuroradiology fellow at the University of California San Francisco, has received the Cornelius G. Dyke Memorial Award for his recent research involving deep learning technologies.

June 8, 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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