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.

Mayo Clinic and Microsoft partner to advance generative AI in radiology
The pair's hope is that their model, which will first focus on chest X-rays, will provide significant benefits for radiology workflows.
ACR partners to create AI foundational model assessment website
Christoph Wald, MD, vice chair of the American College of Radiology Board of Chancellors, explains the partnerships with academic institutions to create the Health AI Challenge will help provide a better understanding of how foundational AI models work.
Could synthetic images replace the need for contrast?
Synthetic images are often of diagnostic quality and can be reliably used to assess clinically significant prostate cancer while also sparing patients from contrast exposure.
Experts developing AI model that learns from calcium-scoring CT scans
The team hopes to develop a model that will estimate a patient's risk of major cardiovascular events and predict when such events are most likely to occur.
FDA has approved over 1,000 clinical AI applications, with most aimed at radiology
Diagnostic imaging leads the way in AI product approvals by a mile, accounting for more than 70% of all applications on the list.

Certification Commission receives 27 applications for EHR certification

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technologyhas received 27 additional applications from ambulatory EHRvendors as the July 1 deadline for certification under the 2007criteria approaches.

VIDAR promotes Hart to president, CEO

VIDAR Systems, a provider of medical film digitizer technology, has named John E. Hart president and CEO.

Medsphere names Danahy VP of Sales

Medsphere Systems, a provider of open-source EHR systems and services,has reported that John Danahy has joined the company as vice presidentof sales.

Cardiac CT angiography can guide patient management

Putting cardiac CT angiography (CCTA) into the care matrix early allowsfor better patient management than any other non-invasive imaging exam,according to James K. Min, MD. In particular, CCTA allows a physicianto confidently rule out obstructive coronary artery disease, provideshigher sensitivity in some instances than nuclear myocardial perfusionimaging, and is cost effective in comparison with other diagnosticregimens, he noted.

Advanced visualization provides image archive challenge

The use of large image datasets with advanced visualizationcapabilities has demonstrated great clinical utility; however, theincrease in near-isotropic image datasets presents a non-trivial datamanagement and informatics challenge for PACS administrators, accordingto Paul J. Chang, MD.

Siemens launches wireless healthcare asset management, tracking solution

Siemens Healthcare has introduced its Asset Management Trackingsystem that will enable healthcare personnel to monitor medicaldevices’ locations in real-time.

InSight Health appoints Hallman as president, CEO

InSight Health Services Holdings has appointed Kip Hallman to theposition of president and CEO. Hallman was also elected to InSight’sboard of directors.

dbMotion appoints McClennen as president, North America

dbMotion, a provider of healthcare information integration software,has appointed Peter A. McClennen as president of the company’s NorthAmerican sector.

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The biggest obstacles facing radiology business managers in 2025

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New cardiac prevention paradigm explored in TRANSFORM trial using AI and CCTA

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Cardiology practices pay $17.7M to settle fraud allegations brought on by whistleblowers

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Artificial Intelligence

Mayo Clinic and Microsoft partner to advance generative AI in radiology

ACR partners to create AI foundational model assessment website

Could synthetic images replace the need for contrast?

Experts developing AI model that learns from calcium-scoring CT scans

FDA has approved over 1,000 clinical AI applications, with most aimed at radiology

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