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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Coronary artery color mapping in vivo possible with MDCT

Utilization of 64-slice multidetector CT (MDCT) to depict a 3Drepresentation of shear stress distribution along coronary lumen mightbe useful for assessing the role of shear stress in atheroscleroticplaque formation for its progression or regression, according to apresentation at the American Heart Association conference held thisweek in Orlando, Fla.

iCAD losses narrow; revenue increases in Q3

iCAD has reported unaudited positive growth in revenue for its fiscal2007 third quarter (ended Sept. 30); however it also posted losses forthe period.

ProSolv, Pie Medical integrate and distribute product lines

ProSolv CardioVascular, a Fujifilm company, has partnered with PieMedical Imaging (PMI) to integrate and distribute PMI’s cardiovascularangiography analysis system platform software with ProSolv’sindustry-leading cardiovascular image and information system to providequantification and reporting for the catheterization lab.

New Medical names Taylor as vice president

New Medical, a direct digital radiography retrofit solutions provider,has appointed Burl Taylor as vice president of sales and service inNorth America.

Maryland moves closer to statewide health information exchange

Gov. Martin O’Malley of Maryland has asked the Maryland Health CareCommission to accelerate its development efforts for a statewide healthinformation exchange.

Medsphere releases code to improve testing of EHRs

Medsphere Systems has released Strongwind, a code for a user interfacetest automation framework that enables developers to create automatedquality assurance scripts to test features of user interfaceapplications.

Fovia, Stanford radiology department form research collaboration

Fovia Medical and Sandy Napel, PhD, professor of radiology, andGeoffrey Rubin, MD, professor of radiology, co-directors of theStanford University Department of Radiology’s 3D Laboratory, havejointly announced a research license agreement that will allowresearchers in the 3D Laboratory at Stanford to integrate Fovia’s highdefinition volume rendering technology into their advancedimaging research.

GBA partners with Wellogic

GBA HealthNetwork Systems has integrated its practice managementsoftware with an EHR system from Wellogic, a Cambridge, Mass.-basedclinical software provider.

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