Medical Imaging

Physicians utilize medical imaging to see inside the body to diagnose and treat patients. This includes computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, angiography,  and the nuclear imaging modalities of PET and SPECT. 

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Content-based AI system decreases read times by 31% while increasing accuracy

Using CBIRS decreased interpretation times despite the radiologists who utilized them having to review the additional information the system provided.

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Commercial PE-detecting algorithm identifies incidental clots on CT

Experts involved in the study, which analyzed more than 3,000 CT scans, suggested that there could be a future role for the algorithm to assist radiologists in busy settings.

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Philips seeks to reduce MRI scan times with new FDA cleared AI-powered software

The new AI addition is said to increase resolution by up to 65% and is compatible with 97% of current MRI protocols.

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Fetal structural anomalies to blame for many pregnancy terminations

In an analysis of nearly 500 women, more than 17% of pregnancy terminations were due to major structural anomalies of the central nervous system, cardiovascular system, abdomen, skeleton or urogenital system of the fetus.

Aidoc announces strategic hospital partnership that will advance AI in clinical settings

The software will be used for the triage and notification of intracranial hemorrhage (ICH), pulmonary embolism (PE) and c-spine fractures identified on CT imaging.

COVID ventilation complications

Life-threatening barotrauma common in intubated COVID patients, trackable by chest X-rays

Radiologists involved in the care of these patients should be especially vigilant in identifying the signs of complications, experts cautioned in a new Clinical Imaging research paper.

AI/radiologist combo improves breast cancer detection, decreases workloads

The new two-part AI system is based on a decision-referral approach and triages mammograms based on quantification of uncertainty.

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CT scans set to take flight in new project that aims to integrate imaging into air ambulances

The Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation is using a newly acquired five-bladed H145 helicopter to develop and test the technology and hopes to have a CT scanner implemented into it in the next four to five years. 

Around the web

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.

Deepak Bhatt, MD, director of the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital and principal investigator of the TRANSFORM trial, explains an emerging technique for cardiac screening: combining coronary CT angiography with artificial intelligence for plaque analysis to create an approach similar to mammography.

A total of 16 cardiology practices from 12 states settled with the DOJ to resolve allegations they overbilled Medicare for imaging agents used to diagnose cardiovascular disease.