Diagnostic Tools

ML Model Outperforms Standard Methods for Detecting Heart Attacks

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) have developed a machine learning (ML) tool capable of using electrocardiogram (ECG) readings to detect and classify heart attacks more...

AI-Driven Cardiovascular Imaging Research Showcased at ASE 2023

by Shania Kennedy

During the American Society of Echocardiography’s (ASE) 34th Annual Scientific Sessions, researchers highlighted how artificial intelligence (AI) may enhance cardiovascular imaging by helping...

ChatGPT, Generative AI Show Promise as Complex Diagnostic Tools

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) demonstrated that generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, such as ChatGPT, may serve as promising assistive tools for...

DL Approach Enables Interpretations of Electrocardiograms as Language

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from Mount Sinai have developed deep learning (DL)-based model for electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis that enables the interpretation of ECGs as language and may improve ECG-related...

Patient Trust in AI Impacted by Demographics, Clinician Involvement

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from the University of Arizona (UArizona) Health Sciences found that patients are almost evenly split about whether they would prefer a human clinician or an artificial intelligence...

Kaiser Permanente Launches Grant Program for AI, ML in Healthcare

by Shania Kennedy

The Permanente Medical Group launched the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research (KP-DOR) Augmented Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare Initiative (AIM-HI) Coordinating Center,...

Machine Learning-Aided Biomarker Analysis Predicts Parkinson’s Onset

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from Boston University and Australia-based University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) developed a machine learning (ML) tool that predict Parkinson’s disease onset years before...

Cedars-Sinai AI Tool Accurately Assesses, Diagnoses Cardiac Function

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from Cedars-Sinai have shown that an artificial intelligence (AI) tool’s performance was superior to that of sonographers when assessing and diagnosing cardiac function, according to...

Artificial Intelligence Shows Potential for Diagnosing Pancreatic Cancer

by Mark Melchionna

Published in JMIR, new research found that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to diagnose, predict risks of, differentiate, and segment pancreatic cancer led to high levels of accuracy,...

Mount Sinai Opens Center for Engineering and Precision Medicine

by Shania Kennedy

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Center for Engineering and Precision Medicine (CEPM) hosted its grand opening last week, solidifying a partnership...

NC Health System Deploys AI to Predict, Diagnose Lung Cancer

by Shania Kennedy

North Carolina-based Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist has implemented artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics tools to help clinicians predict and diagnose lung cancer to improve early...

AI System Detects Genetic Mutations in Cancerous Brain Tumors

by Mark Melchionna

New research published in Nature Medicine showed that an artificial intelligence (AI)-based diagnostic screening system known as DeepGlioma can use rapid imaging to detect genetic mutations in...

UPMC Explores Machine Learning’s Potential to Personalize HIV Testing

by Shania Kennedy

In a recent article published by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC), Sarah Wheeler, PhD, an associate professor of pathology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine,...

AI for Psychiatric Diagnosis Presents Bias, Clinical Applicability Issues

by Shania Kennedy

A systematic review published last week in JAMA Network Open evaluating potential risks of translating neuroimaging-based artificial intelligence (AI) models into direct clinical applications, such as...

University of Houston AI Project Aims to Improve Lung Cancer Diagnostics

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers at the University of Houston have received a $933,812 grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to develop a computational framework to support collaboration between radiology teams...

AI Tools Can Support Early Cardiovascular Disease Diagnosis

by Mark Melchionna

Recent research from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, described how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) could be used to examine genes within DNA, information that can...

NJ Health System Leverages AI, Robotics for Early Lung Cancer Diagnosis

by Shania Kennedy

New Jersey-based AtlantiCare is deploying pre-operative artificial intelligence (AI) assessment tools and robotic bronchoscopy techniques to support early lung cancer diagnosis and treatment. The...

Machine-Learning Approach Aims to Optimize Rare Disease Diagnosis

by Mark Melchionna

A recent study from Stanford University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (Stanford HAI) described the creation of a machine-learning framework, known as POPDx, that aims to enhance the rare...

Predictive Analytics Tools Accurately Detect Pediatric Autism

by Shania Kennedy

A study published last week in JAMA Network Open describes how a set of EHR data-based predictive analytics tools can detect early autism using patient data collected before 1 year of age. According...

AI Can Interpret At-Home COVID-19 Tests, Aid Viral Illness Diagnoses

by Shania Kennedy

George Mason University researchers have highlighted how artificial intelligence (AI) can help in the diagnosis of COVID-19 through a series of five papers published in the Journal of Quality...