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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QuadraMed expands board with Allen appointment

QuadraMed has named Julian A.L. Allen to its board of directors, expanding the board from five to six members. 

MedPro appoints Rubenstein as marketing SVP

MedPro Imaging, a provider of ultrasound solutions, has appointed KeithRubenstein as senior vice president of marketing and sales.

Cianna Medical names Anderson as president, CEO

Cianna Medical, a medical device company focused on women's health, hasappointed Jill Anderson as president and CEO, and she has also beennamed to the company's board of directors.

Rhode Island addresses patient data privacy, security

Lawmakers in Rhode Island this week introduced legislation that wouldcreate a set of patient safeguards that go beyond existing state andfederal privacy and data security protections for shared information inpreparation for the launch of a statewide health information exchange.

Hope for infertility: Prototype allows MR, hysterosalpingography hybrid imaging

A team from the department of radiology at The Ottawa Hospital inOntario has added to the armamentarium of fusion imaging with thecreation and deployment of a MRI/radiography system.

3D information necessary for breast tissue density calculation

The utilization of 2D information from x-ray mammography to assess theratio of dense to fatty tissue in the breast is inaccurate fordetermining the volume ratios of the tissues, according to Daniel B.Kopans, MD. In an opinion piece published in this month’s issue of Radiology,Kopans argues that a methodological flaw exists in numerous studiesthat have used 2D information to measure the percentage of tissues byvolume.

Concurrent CAD utilization speeds CT colonography interpretations

A multinational group of researchers from the United Kingdom, Belgium,and the United States prospectively compared the diagnostic performanceand time efficiency of both second and concurrent computer-aided detection (CAD) readingparadigms for retrospectively obtained CT colonography data sets byusing consensus reading by three radiologists of colonoscopic findingsas a reference standard.

Medicsight, Toshiba sign Japanese reseller agreement

Medicsight has entered a preliminary agreement with Toshiba MedicalSystem’s System Integration division for the resale of its MedicReadColon and ColonCAD software solutions throughout Japan.

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