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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Cardiologists, AI Needs You

Do you remember the anticipation around renal denervation? And then the ACC.14 presentation of the SYMPLICITY HTN-3 results, where the excitement about a new way to treat resistant hypertension seemed to crash?

November 18, 2018

‘Only the beginning’: AI algorithm shows promise for predicting CVD on a budget

A machine learning tool developed by researchers at Michigan State University can accurately predict an individual’s height within an inch and may offer more precise CVD and cancer risk assessment in the future, according to a report featured this month in Genetics.

October 4, 2018

‘Smart sheath’ uses AI to detect bleeds during endovascular procedures

A New Jersey hospital is testing an artificial intelligence (AI) device designed to alert clinicians to bleeding episodes during endovascular procedures.

September 19, 2018

Novel AI algorithm beats cardiologists' models in predicting heart disease mortality

A machine learning model developed by scientists at the Francis Crick Institute in London can more accurately predict risk of death in patients with heart disease than leading models designed by medical experts, according to a study published in PLOS One.

September 4, 2018

FDA-approved AI echocardiogram software bests cardiologists in reducing LVEF variability

A deep-learning software that can automatically calculate left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) with less variability than a cardiologist recently received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

June 26, 2018
Medicare now covers a supervised exercise therapy for peripheral artery disease (PAD), according to CMS, a decision that will likely result in other insurers following this example.

Combination of wearables, AI may help ID onset of cardiovascular disease

Wearable sensors and artificial intelligence (AI) could help predict the onset of cardiovascular disease by assessing an individual's changes in aerobic responses, according to new research published on Feb. 23 in the Journal of Applied Physiology.

May 17, 2018

FDA clears AI platform that quickly alerts specialists to strokes

The FDA cleared Viz.ai’s clinical support tool on Feb. 13, allowing the software that alerts clinicians to the possibility of a stroke to be marketed in the United States.

February 15, 2018

Health AI Startup Medial EarlySign Predicts Which Diabetic Patients Will Suffer Kidney Damage Within One Year

KFAR MALAL, Israel, Feb. 5, 2018 — Medial EarlySign, a leader of machine-learning based solutions to improve non-communicable disease management, today announced the results of an additional clinical data study in the domain of diabetes — identifying diabetic patients who are at highest risk for having renal dysfunction within one year.

February 6, 2018

Around the web

Eleven medical societies have signed on to a consensus statement aimed at standardizing imaging for suspected cardiovascular infections.

Kate Hanneman, MD, explains why many vendors and hospitals want to lower radiology's impact on the environment. "Taking steps to reduce the carbon footprint in healthcare isn’t just an opportunity," she said. "It’s also a responsibility."

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