Medical Imaging

Physicians utilize medical imaging to see inside the body to diagnose and treat patients. This includes computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, angiography,  and the nuclear imaging modalities of PET and SPECT. 

AI could alter images, trick radiologists into misdiagnosing cancer patients

Machine learning (ML) algorithms could potentially be trained to alter mammography findings, tricking radiologists into make an incorrect diagnosis, according to new research published in the European Journal of Radiology.

October 11, 2019

Sensyne Health to help Bayer develop AI-enabled imaging solutions

Sensyne Health announced Thursday, Oct. 10, that it has joined Bayer’s newest innovation hub, LifeHub UK, and will work toward developing solutions for automated image evaluation.

October 10, 2019
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.

AI improves image quality for diagnosis of liver lesions

AI can improve CT findings and play a key role in the evaluation of hypovascular hepatic metastases, according to a new study published in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence.

October 10, 2019

Change Healthcare introduces AI to its CDS system

Change Healthcare has added AI capabilities to its CareSelect Imaging clinical decision support (CDS) solution.

October 9, 2019

Can AI match the performance of PI-RADS assessments?

A convolutional neural network (CNN) could assist radiologists with the detection and segmentation of suspicious findings on prostate MRI scans, according to a new study published in Radiology.

October 9, 2019
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FDA grants ‘breakthrough’ designation to ultrasound AI product

Software that uses AI to make cardiac-ultrasound experts of healthcare workers with no prior ultrasound experience has received “Breakthrough Device” designation from the FDA.

October 3, 2019
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IBM Watson partnering with contrast company on prostate AI

Aiming to develop and market AI algorithms for diagnosing prostate cancer on MRI scans, IBM Watson Health is working with Guerbet, a France-based maker of contrast agents used in medical imaging.

September 25, 2019
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AI proves as good as physicians at interpreting medical images

A meta-analysis of 14 studies has shown AI algorithms correctly diagnose diseases in medical imaging around 87% of the time while ruling out specific diseases with 93% accuracy.

September 25, 2019

Around the web

U.S. health systems are increasingly leveraging digital health to conduct their operations, but how health systems are using digital health in their strategies can vary widely.

When human counselors are unavailable to provide work-based wellness coaching, robots can substitute—as long as the workers are comfortable with emerging technologies and the machines aren’t overly humanlike.

A vendor that supplies EHR software to public health agencies is partnering with a health-tech startup in the cloud-communications space to equip state and local governments for managing their response to the COVID-19 crisis.

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