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 startup targeting CT imaging-based heart attack prediction launches with $54M war chest

"We use 3D mammograms, colonoscopies and lung CT scans to find and prevent breast, colon and lung cancer, but we haven’t had similar capabilities for the world’s number one killer—heart disease," said CEO James Min, MD. 

June 22, 2021
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Physician shortage in radiology, other specialties could surpass 35,000 by 2034, but AI also a factor

Artificial intelligence could improve rads' productivity but also decrease demand for their services, according to a new Association of American Medical Colleges report. 

June 16, 2021

Publicly traded radiology provider Akumin buys 34% stake in AI firm for $4.6M

The Plantation, Florida, imaging center operator declined to disclose its partner's name for "strategic reasons." 

May 24, 2021
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Artificial intelligence predicts if lung nodules found on CT will become cancerous

Dutch researchers believe the program could lead to fewer unnecessary diagnostic interventions, lower radiologists' workloads and reduce the costs of cancer screening. 

May 18, 2021
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Artificial intelligence-radiologist combo reduces missed lung cancer diagnoses by 60%

Taking a radiologist-centric approach to AI development holds promise for catching systematically missed lung cancers, experts wrote recently. 

May 17, 2021

AI startup Whiterabbit exits stealth mode to announce FDA-cleared breast density software, new CEO

The Santa Clara, California-based company has raised more than $49 million in funding and inked partnerships with providers including RadNet and the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology. 

May 12, 2021

Artificial intelligence may not upend radiology until 2030s, noted Google AI expert predicts

Leaders in the space shared their predictions for imaging AI during a panel hosted by the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. 

May 3, 2021
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Total knee AI/AR cleared for sales in the US

The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance to a French startup for surgery software that combines AI with augmented reality and computer vision.

April 29, 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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