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.

New cardiac prevention paradigm explored in TRANSFORM trial using AI and CCTA
Deepak Bhatt, MD, director of the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital and principal investigator of the TRANSFORM trial, explains an emerging technique for cardiac screening: combining coronary CT angiography with artificial intelligence for plaque analysis to create an approach similar to mammography.
PHOTO GALLERY: Medical imaging technology at RSNA 2024
Take a virtual tour around the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting to see the sights and new technologies displayed across the vast exhibit hall floors.
Cardiology, radiology specialists debate CCTA’s rise as a go-to imaging modality for CAD
CCTA is being utilized more and more for the diagnosis and management of suspected coronary artery disease. An international group of specialists shared their perspective on this ongoing trend.
Can large language models break language barriers in radiology reports?
With the growing demand for virtual care and an increasingly mobile population, the need to improve communication with non-English-speaking patients is immense.
Most patients want to know if AI is involved in their care
“With this signal about the public’s preference for notification, the question for health systems and policymakers is not whether to notify patients but when and how.”

Noninvasive characterization of cranial dural arteriovenous fistulas possible

MR selective flow-tracking cartography allows for noninvasive characterization of cranial dural arterivenous fistulas (DAVFs), according to a study published in the January 2014 issue of Radiology. 

January 6, 2014

3D techniques boost effectiveness of CT urography

3D reconstructions of CT urography datasets are invaluable tools that can help identify transitional cell carcinoma in the upper urinary tracts that would otherwise be missed by reviewing only axial images, advised researchers from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

December 17, 2013

Don’t leave CTC bill hanging

Earlier this year, Reps. Ralph Hall (R-TX) and Danny Davis (D-IL) introduced H.R. 991, the CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act of 2013. The legislation would provide Medicare coverage to CT colonography (CTC) for colorectal cancer screening.

December 12, 2013

More work needed for CT colonography reimbursement

Continued scientific publications, legislative efforts, and public education about the value of CT colonography (CTC) are vital for achieving acceptance and reimbursement of the screening technique nationally, according to an article published in the December 2013 issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

December 10, 2013

RSNA: 3D printing takes radiology to the next level

CHICAGO—3D printing represents a valuable technological asset to the radiology community, according to research presented Dec. 2 at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

December 3, 2013

Improving MU for radiology

Meaningful use (MU) criteria often covers elements irrelevant to radiology, however, an editorial published in the November issue of Radiology offers up new categories of criteria for health IT use to make the incentive program more effective at improving imaging.

November 24, 2013

RamSoft Launches PowerServer RIS/PACS/PM; an ICD-10 Compliant Practice Management Solution

Today, RamSoft announces the launch of PowerServer RIS/PACS/PM, a comprehensive workflow application for imaging centers in the United States requiring an all-in-one, web-based imaging workflow and practice management/billing solution that is also ICD-10 compliant.

November 23, 2013

vRad Goes Live with Visage 7

Visage Imaging Inc. (“Visage”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Pro Medicus Ltd. (ASX: PME), announced today that its Visage® 7 Enterprise Imaging Platform has been successfully implemented as part of RG2SM, vRad’s next-generation radiology operational management solution.

November 23, 2013

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