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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How radiologists can further AI training, help shape imaging’s future

As artificial intelligence (AI) and medical imaging continue to transform clinical practice, radiologists-in-training can no longer take a passive role in the march toward this coming change.

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Inexpensive eye imaging method may help monitor Alzheimer’s progression

A new study from Queen’s University Belfast researchers found the eye may be a critical indicator for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) along with a host of other neurodegenerative diseases.

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MR fingerprinting IDs neurological condition in epilepsy patients in 2.5 minutes

An MR framework enabling simultaneous multiple parametric T1 and T2 proton density mapping—MR fingerprinting—can identify lesions indicative of a severe neurological condition in patients with a common form of epilepsy—all in under 150 seconds.

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VR may advance accuracy of brain aneurysm diagnosis, neurosurgery

Researchers found that using a virtual reality (VR) headset was able to identify brain aneurysms with the same accuracy as matched reference standards, according to a study published in the online July issue of Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery.

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Innovative robotic MRI system may improve neurosurgery for Parkinson's patients

Mechanical engineers and surgeons from the University of Hong Kong have recently developed what could be the world's first neurosurgical robotic system that can perform bilateral stereotactic neurosurgery on a patient inside an MRI machine.

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Convolutional neural network reveals 'choices'—and why they were made—in classifying retinal images

A convolutional neural network (CNN) model performed as well as clinicians in classifying the area of concern in retinal fundus images and provided evidence for why those choices were made—a common problem for artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

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MIT-developed AI algorithm compares 3D images 1,000 times faster than standard techniques

MIT researchers have developed an artificial intelligence-(AI) based algorithm that can register three-dimensional (3D) images 1,000 times more quickly than standard medical image registration techniques.

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New quantitative 3D imaging method could improve arthritis, joint care

The semi-automated, quantitative 3D approach—joint space mapping (JSM)—detects small changes in joints and is both accurate and precise in measuring joint space compared to traditional two-dimensional (2D) radiography.

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