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. 

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.

The magic of machine learning: Why radiologists will love convolutional neural networks

Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) can be trained to analyze visual imagery much easier than other artificial neural networks, making their capabilities especially important to the future of radiology, according to a new analysis published in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.

February 26, 2018

Adapting to AI: 4 key takeaways from a survey of attending radiologists, trainees

To gain a better understanding of how the industry perceives radiology’s maturing relationship with artificial intelligence, researchers surveyed attending radiologists and trainees at a single diagnostic radiology (DR) residency program in August 2017, publishing their findings in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

February 23, 2018

Machine learning algorithms could predict onset of 'popcorn lung' post-transplant

A combination of machine learning and quantitative computed tomography (CT) could predict the eventual onset of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS), also known as popcorn lung, in patients receiving lung transplants, researchers reported in Academic Radiology this week.

February 21, 2018

To become leaders in AI, radiologists must address a variety of challenges

Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the biggest topics in healthcare today, and the authors of a recent analysis published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology wrote at length about radiology’s role in the development and implementation of these state-of-the-art technologies.

February 16, 2018

FDA clears oncology imaging software that tracks potential cancers with AI, deep learning

Arterys, a San Francisco-based healthcare company focused on cloud-based medical imaging technology, announced Thursday, Feb. 15, that it has received FDA clearance for its Arterys Oncology AI suite.

February 15, 2018

FDA clears software that analyzes stroke images, alerts specialists using AI

The FDA announced late Tuesday, Feb. 13, that it has approved marketing of Contact, a clinical decision support software that analyzes CT results and notifies providers of potential strokes. Contact was developed by Viz.ai, a San Francisco-based healthcare company that specializes in artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning technologies.

February 14, 2018

4 ways the ACR's Data Science Institute is looking to implement AI in clinical practice

The American College of Radiology (ACR) Data Science Institute (DSI) is on a mission to implement artificial intelligence (AI) into clinical practice, according to a new analysis published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

February 6, 2018

As radiology embraces AI, will the industry learn from CAD’s mistakes?

After the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) in mammography in 1998 and CMS approved reimbursement for CAD in 2002, there was a lot of optimism about the future of this advanced technology. So what went wrong?

February 6, 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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