Imaging Analytics

USC Researchers to Leverage Ophthalmology AI for Improved Patient Care

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) Roski Eye Institute are exploring how the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in ophthalmology may help automate clinical tasks, allocate...

AI May Help Define Tumor Margins in Prostate Cancer Treatment

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers evaluating an artificial intelligence (AI) model’s ability to estimate prostate cancer extent and define focal treatment margins for tumors demonstrated that the model outperformed...

AI-Based “Denoising” in Medical Imaging May Require Further Evaluation

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are investigating how deep learning (DL) tools to “denoise,” or clean up, medical images impact the clinical utility of those...

Automation Bias May Impair Radiologist Performance on Mammograms

by Shania Kennedy

Incorrect advice from artificial intelligence (AI)-based decision support systems may negatively impact the performance and accuracy of radiologists at all levels of expertise when reading mammograms,...

AI-Assisted Ultrasound May Improve Breast Mass Triage in Low-Resource Settings

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers demonstrated that artificial intelligence (AI) can assist with the triage of patients with palpable breast masses and accurately identify cancer using images from low-cost, portable...

AI In Medical Imaging May Amplify Biases, Inequities

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) found that most crowd-sourced datasets used in medical imaging data science competitions to develop artificial intelligence (AI)...

AI ‘Brain Decoder’ System Translates Human Brain Activity

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that is capable of translating a person’s brain activity into a continuous...

Mayo Clinic: Deep Learning May Improve Head, Neck Radiotherapy

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from Mayo Clinic demonstrated that an automated deep learning (DL) tool could help improve radiation therapy planning for patients with head and neck cancer, according to a validation study...

Researchers Leverage Generative AI to Improve Cancer Treatment Targets

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), UT Health San Antonio, and the University of Pittsburgh have developed a generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool to improve adaptive...

University of Florida Health Announces AI-Driven Radiology Initiative

by Shania Kennedy

University of Florida (UF) Health and Nuance Communications Inc., a Microsoft company, have launched a collaboration aimed at leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to make radiologists’ work...

Machine Learning Identifies Four Autism Subtypes

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers at Well Cornell Medicine have identified four subtypes of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) linked to distinct molecular pathways in the brain using machine learning (ML).  The findings...

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 Aids Psoriasis Severity Assessment

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based tool for the assessment of psoriasis severity in an effort to facilitate long-term chronic disease self-management for patients,...

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...

AI Could Safely Automate Some X-ray Interpretation

by Shania Kennedy

In a study published this week in Radiology, researchers sought to investigate the clinical impact of autonomous radiograph reporting using a commercially available artificial intelligence (AI) tool...

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...

Enterprise Imaging, Informatics Strategy Needed for Digital Transformation

by Shania Kennedy

A recent white paper published by Frost & Sullivan and Canon Medical Informatics indicates that scalable, enterprise-level solutions and strategies for imaging and informatics are needed to drive...

DL Tool Triages Chest Pain Patients, Predicts Adverse Outcomes

by Shania Kennedy

A new study published this week in Radiology shows that a deep-learning (DL) model may help improve care for patients who arrive at the hospital with acute chest pain. According to the news release,...

Research Identifies Clinician Support for AI Use in Musculoskeletal Care

by Shania Kennedy

A study published this week in BMC Medical Education identified substantial favorability toward artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare and AI applied to musculoskeletal (MSK) care, such as skeletal...

AI Model Can Help Detect Collapsed Lung Using Chest X-rays

by Shania Kennedy

A new study published last week in JAMA Network Open shows that an artificial intelligence (AI) model can accurately detect simple and tension pneumothorax on chest radiographs. According to Mayo...