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. 

Artificial intelligence can help make breast cancer screening mammography more accurate.

Artificial intelligence outshines traditional risk model at predicting breast cancer

Experts recently explored whether AI could predict a woman's chance of developing the disease, using only negative mammograms as an input. 

June 7, 2023
Avatar Medical virtual reality imaging

Startup scores FDA clearance for virtual reality tool that creates patient avatars via CT, MR images

Avatar Medical said its VR solution can serve as an aid in pre-operative planning or for use during procedures. 

June 7, 2023
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FDA clears GE HealthCare MRI tool that can cut scan times by up to 83%

Sonic DL is powered by deep learning technology and targeted for use in cardiac MRI, the company said Monday.

June 6, 2023

Whole-body MRI startup Ezra scores FDA clearance for AI tool to speed up scan times

The New York-based company now offers 30-minute “Full Body Flash” exams for $1,350, aimed at spotting disease before symptoms surface.

June 2, 2023
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FDA clears GE HealthCare’s AI solution for enhancing PET/CT image quality

Precision DL was engineered using a deep neural network, trained with thousands of images, the Chicago-based company said May 30. 

June 1, 2023

Investors pour $5B into imaging AI, with average deal size tripling since 2020

There are now more than 200 independent medical imaging AI software vendors, with 73% of the funds concentrated among the top 25. 

May 23, 2023
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Vanderbilt-Philips partnership; FDA clears brain MRI software; Visage scores $20M deal, plus more vendor news

Also, lung cancer-focused Leadoptik scores $5M in seed financing, Hyperfine earns $3M grant to extend research, and Intelerad supports new AAWR-RadEqual partnership. 

May 23, 2023
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Philips acquiring artificial intelligence firm DiA Imaging Analysis for nearly $100M

The Israel-headquartered firm specializes in AI-based ultrasound image examination, scoring its ninth U.S. FDA clearance in February. 

May 17, 2023

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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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