Medical Imaging

AI Reveals Cellular Variants Between Black and White Cancer Patients

by Jessica Kent

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are using artificial intelligence to reveal cellular distinctions between black and white patients with prostate cancer, and have received $3.2 million in...

Deep Learning Can Identify Newborns at High Risk of Eye Disease

by Jessica Kent

A deep learning device could help identify newborns at risk for aggressive posterior retinopathy of prematurity (AP-ROP), a condition that is difficult to diagnose and can lead to vision loss if left...

Robot Uses Deep Learning, Ultrasound Imaging to Draw Blood

by Jessica Kent

An autonomous, robotic tool used deep learning and ultrasound imaging to draw blood or insert catheters on par with or better than human providers, according to a study published in Nature Machine...

Radiologist, Machine Learning Combo Enhances Breast Cancer Screening

by Jessica Kent

Machine learning tools could help enhance the accuracy of breast cancer screenings when combined with assessments from human radiologists, a study published in JAMA Network Open revealed. Mammography...

Machine Learning May Support Personalized Mental Health Therapies

by Jessica Kent

Researchers from Penn Medicine leveraged machine learning techniques to identify the size and shape of brain networks in children, which could lead to improved understanding and more personalized...

53% of Execs Say Healthcare Leads Artificial Intelligence Adoption

by Jessica Kent

Fifty-three percent of healthcare executives say that the healthcare industry is ahead of most other industries in artificial intelligence adoption, according to a survey from KPMG. However, 37...

Artificial Intelligence Helps Providers Choose Depression Therapies

by Jessica Kent

Artificial intelligence tools may be able to help providers objectively diagnose and prescribe depression treatments based on analyses of brain activity, according to a study published in Nature...

Advanced Medical Imaging, Genetic Analysis Could Improve Cancer Care

by Jessica Kent

Incorporating genetic and cellular analysis of tumors with how they appear in medical images could help improve brain cancer treatment, showing that cells inside and surrounding a tumor play a major...

One-Third of Orgs Use Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging

by Jessica Kent

One-third of hospitals and imaging centers report using artificial intelligence, machine learning, or deep learning to aid tasks associated with patient care imaging or business operations, according...

Deep Learning Tools Can Kickstart Cancer Radiation Therapy

by Jessica Kent

New research from UT Southwestern has shown that deep learning technology could help providers quickly develop optimal treatment plans for cancer patients, decreasing the odds that the disease will...

Alzheimer’s Tau Protein Could Advance Cognitive Precision Medicine

by Jessica Kent

Brain imaging of tau-protein “tangles” accurately predicted the location of brain atrophy in patients with Alzheimer’s a year or more in advance, according to a study published in...

Google Uses Artificial Intelligence to Detect Breast Cancer

by Jessica Kent

An artificial intelligence model developed by Google and other entities was able to identify breast cancer in screening mammograms with greater accuracy, fewer false positives, and fewer false...

Natural Language Processing Advances Clinical Decision Making

by Emily Sokol, MPH

Providers are inundated with large amounts of data that is daunting to comb through to find actionable outcomes.  Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is frequently seen as the solution to...

Machine Learning Microscope Adapts Lighting to Improve Diagnosis

by Jessica Kent

Engineers at Duke University have developed a prototype microscope that adapts its lighting patterns while teaching itself the optimal settings needed to complete a given diagnostic task. In the...

NIH Using Artificial Intelligence to Evaluate Stem Cell Quality

by Jessica Kent

NIH researchers used artificial intelligence to evaluate stem cell-derived “patches” of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) tissue for implanting into the eyes of patients with age-related...

Machine Learning Tool Accurately Diagnoses Esophageal Cancer

by Jessica Kent

Machine learning methods could accurately identify cancerous esophagus tissue on microscopy images without the time-consuming manual data input that is required for current methods, according to a...

Artificial Intelligence in Radiology Will Require Ethics, Standards

by Jessica Kent

Ethical use of artificial intelligence in radiology will require stakeholders to carefully consider how they use data, as well as how they develop and operate decision-making tools, according to a...

Top 5 Use Cases for Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging

by Jennifer Bresnick

Artificial intelligence and machine learning have captivate the healthcare industry as these innovative analytics strategies become more accurate and applicable to a variety of tasks. AI is...