Search Tag: AI
2021 03 Mar
Presented by Anjum Ahmed, Global Chief Medical Officer, Agfa HealthCare Koen Vergote, Global Product Manager Analytics, Agfa HealthCare Find Agfa Healthcare on Social Media Read more
2021 01 Feb
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital's Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Program (AIM) Program and the Massachusetts General Hospital's Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center (CIRC) have developed a deep learning system that automatically measures coronary artery calcium from CT scans. The system can help physicans and patients make better...Read more
2021 25 Jan
Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers among men. Patients are determined to have prostate cancer based on Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA), a prostate-specific antigen used as an index for the screening of prostate cancer. However, diagnostic accuracy for prostate cancer is as low as 30%. That is why a large number of patients have to undergo...Read more
2020 15 Dec
Artificial intelligence (AI) has advanced from a debate into a large collection of different technologies with applicability in everyday life, meant to bring a difference in people’s life, from the way we interact between us, take decisions, buy products, set goals or monitor health. The healthcare sector makes no exception. We all...Read more
2020 15 Dec
Artificial intelligence (AI) has advanced from a debate into a large collection of different technologies with applicability in everyday life, meant to bring a difference in people’s life, from the way we interact between us, take decisions, buy products, set goals or monitor health. The healthcare sector makes no exception. We all...Read more
2020 30 Nov
Machine learning and radiomics may lead to personalised management and treatment of glioma patients, hopefully improving quality of life and survival. Key Points In the past few years, multiple radiomics-based tools have been introduced in the field of neuro-oncology and in particular for imaging of brain gliomas. Radiogenomics...Read more
2020 30 Nov
An overview of a developmental model the authors have been working on for the past two years with a focus on chronic disease management and support for patients who are labile or highly reactive to changes in their environmental conditions. Key Points Global healthcare systems are struggling to manage the growth in chronic...Read more
2020 16 Oct
To provide our Enterprise Imaging customers with powerful hardware solutions for storage, retrieval security, Agfa HealthCare has partnered with DELL Technologies. Mike Benol, Vice President Strategic Partnerships, Agfa HealthCare North America and Miriam Ladin, Director of Marketing and Communications, Agfa HealthCare North America, recently spoke...Read more
2020 15 Oct
A must read. Dr. Petersilge is an imaging leader and an Enterprise Imaging pioneer. In a recent presentation, Dr. Petersilge shared her insights in why radiologists should take the lead as health organizations embark on their Enterprise Imaging journey. And by consequence take up a more value-added role in the clinical process, for the sake of the...Read more
2020 07 Oct
A new position paper provides a collection of views on the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper discusses clinical tools, the design of AI-based systems and the application of these tools in the clinic. Factors in designing system solutions are also discussed. The authors focus on three specific use cases for which...Read more
2020 28 Sep
The open-source BioDynaMo platform was developed at CERN to assist life scientists in creating biological simulations. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the platform has been adapted to simulate how the coronavirus spreads in populations, which can help to control the pandemic and inform decisions for similar outbreaks in the future....Read more
2020 28 Sep
With the COVID-19 pandemic ongoing, efficient collection, analysis and management of patient data may play a pivotal role in supporting clinical decision-making and improving outcomes. GE Healthcare is part of several AI-driven projects in the UK and France, which are aimed at assisting clinicians with diagnosis, triage and treatment of COVID-19...Read more
2020 28 Sep
Artificial intelligence developments in machine and deep learning are benefitting from the experience of COVID-19 to pave the way for future pandemic outbreaks. Key Points The generalised use of big data in healthcare implies a revolution that is reshaping the industry as we know it. Artificial intelligence...Read more
2020 28 Sep
With artificial intelligence and personalised medicine playing an increasingly important role in today’s healthcare, one cannot help but wonder about the regulation of these fields. An expert analyses the pros and cons of the ‘checks and balances’ system that exists today and argues that too much regulation may result in negative patient outcomes....Read more
2020 18 Sep
Healthcare institutions perform imaging studies for a variety of reasons. While these imaging studies are helpful, very few have clinical therapeutic value. To avoid redundancy and ensure meaningful endpoints to imaging studies, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has now been introduced to the world of medical imaging. AI involves the use of computerised...Read more
2020 06 Sep
Collaboration will include data sharing, R&D and an upgrade of RadNet’s fleet of mammography systems to Hologic’s state-of-the-art imaging technology RadNet, Inc. a national leader in providing high-quality, cost-effective, fixed-site outpatient diagnostic imaging services, and Hologic, Inc. , an innovative medical technology company primarily...Read more
2020 29 Aug
How can health organisations speed up AI adoption to gain efficiency, quality and resourcing advantages, without a slow and complex set-up process that could add to the cognitive overload already being experienced by radiologists? Key Points Coronavirus has generated greater empathy for the radiology profession and has highlighted the...Read more
2020 06 Aug
Collaboration will include data sharing, R&D and an upgrade of RadNet’s fleet of mammography systems to Hologic’s state-of-the-art imaging technology RadNet, Inc. a national leader in providing high-quality, cost-effective, fixed-site outpatient diagnostic imaging services, and Hologic, Inc., an innovative medical technology company primarily...Read more
2020 17 Jul
Affidea, the leading European provider of diagnostic imaging, outpatient and cancer care services, is pleased to participate this year at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) with two presentations and six clinical digital posters for EPOS (the European Society of Radiology's online database for electronic scientific exhibits). In support...Read more
2020 17 Jul
In a joint session of the EFRS and the ISRRT at #ESC2020 Digital Congress, speakers from the UK, Ireland and the U.S. talked about Artificial Intelligence and the radiographer profession. Over the years, there has been a significant discussion on artificial intelligence (A.I.) and the role of the radiologist. Radiographers play an important...Read more
2020 19 May
Abstract ProFound AI™ is the latest artificial intelligence algorithm developed by iCAD , Inc., Nashua, NH using deep learning technology that is intended to be used concurrently by radiologists while reading digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) exams. The algorithm detects soft tissue densities (masses, architectural distortions and asymmetries)...Read more
2020 11 May
COVID-19 is a new and largely unknown disease, which makes it difficult for clinicians to make prognostic decisions. CoviLake Niguarda is a project aimed at creating AI algorithms and a decision support system (DSS) feeding from a datalake of all relevant patient information to support clinical decision-making on the front line. Since...Read more
2020 11 May
Summary: A radiologist working with COVID-19 patients in Russia looks at how technology has aided imaging-based diagnosis and what this could mean for future practice in grading disease severity. The pandemic of COVID-19 has presented an unprecedented challenge to modern global healthcare. Today everybody understands that diagnostic imaging...Read more
2020 11 May
Summary: Renowned surgeon and healthcare futurist Rafael Grossman speaks to HealthManagement.org on telehealth, robotic-assisted surgery and a new healthcare mindset in a post COVID-19 world. What are your most important impressions in terms of attitudes towards and implemen- tation of telemedicine in the present COVID-19 environment?...Read more