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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Barcos new Voxar suite features CT colon and PET/CT fusion

Barco at the SIIM 2007 meeting in Providence, R.I., June 7-10,announced it has gained FDA 510(k) pre-market clearance for the latestversion of its Voxar 3D advanced visualization suite.

CCHIT announces new work group members

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology(CCHIT) announced that co-chairs and members of its 2007-2008all-volunteer work groups and panels have been selected.

Advocacy groups endorse health IT principles

AARP, Business Roundtable and SEIU this week jointly endorsed keyprinciples for health IT legislation to Congress. The principles comeas part of the “Divided We Fail" campaign launched earlier this year bythe three groups, which urges Congress to address health IT immediatelyin order to increase safety and efficiency in the country's healthcaresystem.

Calgary Scientific introduces advanced visualization toolkit

Calgary Scientific Inc. Medical Group (CSIMG) announced theavailability of the ResolutionMD Advanced Visualization (AV) Toolkitalong with unveiling the first member of the ResolutionMD Oncologyproduct suite, Virtual Colonoscopy, at SIIM 2007 in Providence, R.I.,last week.

House passes bill to bolster health IT expertise in work force

The House of Representatives has passed the 10,000 Trained by 2010 Act(HR 1467) which calls for bolstering the work force in this country tofoster the development and implementation of health IT. CongressmenDavid Wu (D-Ore.) was the lead sponsor of the bill, with support fromcolleagues Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.), Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.), and Ralph Hall(R-Texas).

HIMSS, AMDIS develop new physician community

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) andthe Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS)have jointly formed the HIMSS Physician Community.

IHE offers its latest for enterprise workflow

Most of IHE’s (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise) efforts involvemaking it easier for healthcare informatics professionals to“choreograph” the operations of their health IT systems to easeworkflow and prevent problems, according to a presentation by David S.Channin, MD, associate professor, chief of imaging informatics,Department of Radiology, Northwestern University Medical School,presenting at SIIM 2007 in Providence, R.I., last week.

Edda highlights easy integration for advanced 4D tools

The big message that Edda Technology wanted to get out at SIIM 2007last week in Providence, R.I., is that they offer advancedvisualization tools that are vendor-neutral, and designed to offerheadache-free integration with PACS.

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