Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a crucial component of healthcare to help augment physicians and make them more efficient. In medical imaging, it is helping radiologists more efficiently manage PACS worklists, enable structured reporting, auto detect injuries and diseases, and to pull in relevant prior exams and patient data. In cardiology, AI is helping automate tasks and measurements on imaging and in reporting systems, guides novice echo users to improve imaging and accuracy, and can risk stratify patients. AI includes deep learning algorithms, machine learning, computer-aided detection (CAD) systems, and convolutional neural networks. 

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4 takeaways from a Harvard hospital’s homegrown COVID forecasting

Researchers at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center are sharing insights they gained while building a locally focused, AI-aided model for anticipating COVID-19’s next moves.  

Will EHR-enabled AI size up doctors for data-demanding patients?

The COVID-19 crisis has worsened or exposed myriad problems in healthcare delivery. One is the way patients find physicians and hospitals. AI can help with that.

AI integrates with drones, smartphones to help 5G along

Engineers have combined two emerging technologies—worker drones and task-oriented AI—to accelerate the adoption of a third: 5G mobile networks.

US Air Force rolls out explainable AI to help fight COVID

A federal research arm whose normal work involves developing aerospace warfighting technologies is turning its talents to deploying explainable AI in the war against COVID-19.

3 US startups named healthcare technology pioneers of 2020

The World Economic Forum has released its 2020 list of 100 tech companies from which to expect big things. Seven of the 100 are in healthcare and, of these, three are based in the U.S.

AI guides trauma surgeons in real time

A developer of software used in orthopedic surgery has demonstrated the utility of AI-aided fluoroscopy guidance for operating on orthopedic trauma patients.

Holograms speed tumor treatment, boost interventionalist confidence

Researchers have successfully piloted the use of augmented reality for guiding tumor ablation, completing the treatment in five patients with cancers of the liver.

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Top companies leveraging AI in drug discovery

Higher research and development costs are driving a need for pharmaceutical companies to leverage AI to optimize the drug discovery process––and some companies are doing so better than others.

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