Imaging

AI-powered radiology tools aren't yet ready to make diagnoses; they must return accurate results and save time to be truly useful to burned-out radiologists, says Dr. Benoit Desjardins, University of Pennsylvania radiology professor.

If artificial intelligence can do good for struggling patients and help them avoid crippling medical debt, half of the Americans said they are in.

Artificial intelligence continues to permeate technologies that providers use. This week, it's helping to find relevant talent to improve data usage in care coordination and enhance signal-to-noise ratio in MRIs.

The Homeland Security agency points to 13 vulnerabilities with the networked medical imaging and archiving systems that should be patched now. One dark web research firm says the U.S. and Brazil have the most internet-exposed PACs.

Justin Ryan, director and research scientist in the Webster Foundation 3D Innovations Lab at Rady Children's Hospital, gives a deep dive on the creation and application of this complex tool made user-friendly for any provider.

Further, the health system's cardiac MRI services grew by 42% – which significantly improved access to specialized care for patients, says AdventHealth's VP of imaging services.

The deal, valued at $51 million, will bring more real-time image recognition technologies to GE's imaging portfolio, and could help hospitals with overburdened sonographers and radiology technologist shortages.

According to Heuron CEO Myung-Jin Shin, the company's AI software can identify hemorrhages and assess stroke severity in under three minutes by analyzing a single scan. The company claims to be the first to diagnose Parkinson's via MRI.  

Kaiser Permanente Georgia is getting more patients booked and into imaging, thanks to new equipment that completes PT scans in half the time. It's also improving patient experiences and reducing duplication, says Heidi Veltman, VP & COO.  

Steven Osborne, Medweb's director of federal business, discusses the company's new teledermatology app, which compresses the highest-resolution images a patient's phone can take without compromising data quality for a doctor's review.