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. 

Mayo Clinic partnering with UK tech company on COVID’s cardiac impact

The aim of the collaboration is to map out cardiac irregularities caused by the virus.

May 12, 2020

AI deftly reclassifies lung nodules for cancer risk

A convolutional neural network trained and internally validated on more than 15,000 lung CT scans has correctly reclassified indeterminate pulmonary nodules into low-risk or high-risk categories.

May 8, 2020
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been one of the biggest stories in healthcare for years, but many clinicians still remain unsure about how, exactly, they should be using AI to help their patients. A new analysis in European Heart Journal explored that exact issue, providing cardiology professionals with a step-by-step breakdown of how to get the most out of this potentially game-changing technology.

FDA signs off on AI algorithms for detecting COVID-19 in incidental CT findings

The FDA has permitted the use of Aidoc’s AI models for the detection and prioritization of incidental CT findings associated with COVID-19.

May 8, 2020

AI researchers set sights on detecting COVID-19 in imaging results

Researchers are hard at work developing new AI algorithms that could help radiologists diagnose COVID-19 patients.

May 6, 2020

AI helps radiologists distinguish COVID-19 from conventional pneumonia

A new AI model can help radiologists distinguish COVID-19 from non-COVID 19 pneumonia when reading chest CT examinations.

April 28, 2020
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AI specialists gain CE mark approval for chest x-ray solution

According to the company, its newly approved AI model can play a role in helping hospitals triage patients with suspected COVID-19.

April 15, 2020
Chest X-ray. Using an explainable artificial intelligence (AI) model, researchers were recently able to accomplish highly accurate labeling on large datasets of publicly available chest radiograph X-rays.. 

AI spots pneumonia in chest x-rays of COVID-19 patients

Researchers have developed an AI algorithm that can scan the chest x-rays of COVID-19 patients for signs of pneumonia.

April 7, 2020
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Virtual reality shows COVID-19 lungs in vivid detail

The images are rendered from CT scans and allow viewers to navigate the lungs in 360-degree tours, as demonstrated in a video podcast posted by George Washington University Hospital.

April 2, 2020

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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