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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Readily available radiotracer offers new option in prostate cancer imaging

Nuclear medicine experts found that 18F-PSMA-1007 performed just as well as 68Ga-PSMA for staging individuals with intermediate- or high-risk forms of the disease.

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Blood-brain barrier vs. focused ultrasound with MRI guidance

Researchers at the University of Virginia are exploring ways to break through the blood-brain barrier using MRI-guided focused ultrasound.

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RSNA, neuroradiologists assemble largest-ever set of brain hemorrhage CT images through AI challenge

The society recently announced this “unprecedented collaboration,” which was made possible by the help of 60 physician volunteers and a fellow imaging interest group. 

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Will medical imaging follow the (investor) money to in-office, AI-aided MRI?

The moment may be ripe for MRI scanners that could fit into clinicians’ offices and leverage AI for optimally efficient workflows, interpretations and treatment plans.

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Algorithm classifies sleep apnea—or recognizes its absence—from 3D headshots

A predictive algorithm has distinguished patients free of obstructive sleep apnea from those with three levels of the condition—mild, moderate and severe—with 91% accuracy. And it did so using only 3D photos of the subjects’ faces.

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Deep learning–MRI classification combo called a ‘great leap forward’ in glioma care

Using brain MRI and a deep learning network, researchers have achieved 97% accuracy at classifying a gene mutation indicative of growth in localized gliomas.

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Algorithm measures children’s leg-length discrepancies in 1 second

A deep-learning algorithm has accurately measured 26 pairs of uneven leg lengths on children’s x-rays at a rate 96 times faster than that recorded by an experienced, subspecialty-trained pediatric radiologist using manual means.

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2D synthetic mammography 1 step closer to elbowing out full-field digital

For finding microcalcifications in screening exams, full-field digital mammography now has little to recommend it over reduced-radiation 2D synthetic mammography.

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

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.

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.