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. 

RSS icon

Commissure releases new workflow application

Commissure recently launched its new component to its RadWhere Suite of tools designed to improve radiology efficiencies.

UltraSPECT appoints new director of sales

UltraSPECT Inc. has named John W. Schaumburg as its director of sales, North America.

Storage Virtualization: The magic software behind the curtain

A storage technology lurks in the background at many healthcare facilities that simplifies and speeds up the work of unknowing users.

Top Stories

Standards News

Legislation Update

ONCHIT could be looking at a 2007 budget cut

It seems the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT could belooking at a reduced budget in 2007. The Senate AppropriationsCommittee's Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and RelatedAgencies Subcommittee last week gave the OK to a fiscal budget for nextyear granting the ONCHIT $63.5 million, $52.6 million under what theWhite House had hoped for.

House approves new health IT legislation

The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed the HealthInformation Technology Promotion Act of 2006 (H.R. 4157), a bill thatsets out to improve care, reduce medical errors, and ease the exchangeof essential health information via health IT adoption, and theimplementation of standards, among other tactics.

Displaying 3881 - 3888 of 4282

Around the web

Cardiovascular Business
Positron partners with Upbeat Cardiology Solutions to improve cardiac PET/CT access

Positron, a New York-based nuclear imaging company, will now provide Upbeat Cardiology Solutions with advanced PET/CT systems and services. 

Cardiovascular Business
Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

Cardiovascular Business
‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.