Nvidia and Nuance Want to Make Image Analysis Better and Faster with Their AI Marketplace
Nvidia and Nuance are joining forces to create an AI distribution platform where practitioners can take advantage of AI-trained models for medical imaging analyses. This new partnership comes on the heels of Nvidia and GE Healthcare ’s recentannouncement to implement Nvidia GPU technology into GE imaging devices. Medical imaging is a multifaceted field that involves intensive attention to detail of various parts of the body and requires specialized technologies to interpret different patient-specific issues. The Nuance AI Marketplace for Diagnostic Imaging aims to streamline imaging data responsibilities. Radiologists fa...
Source: radRounds - December 30, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
Ringing in 2018 with AI Innovations in Radiology
Artificial Intelligence will soon be common place in radiology workflows. At this year ’s Radiological Society of North American (RSNA) annual meeting, AI was the focal point of many sessions and various med-tech companies were excited to show off their latest AI integrations and innovations. EnvoyAI, a catalog of AI algorithms, andArterys, a cloud-based medical imaging platform, were two of the companies that demonstrated their AI-based offerings at the event. EnvoyAI already has 14 partner contracts and three Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved algorithms that can be purchased on its Exchange. In total, they ha...
Source: radRounds - December 30, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
What Do Medicare ’s Policies Mean for Your Imaging Practice?
Back in August, Anthemdecided they would no longer cover MRI and CT scans for outpatient services. Some of the factors that led to this decision might point to Medicare’s proposed rules for 2018 and could affect other private insurers policies. At a Radiology Business Management Association ’s annual meeting, Pam Kassing, MPA, the senior economic advisor at the American College of Radiology, untangled the reasoning behind these new policy strategies. She explained that the incorporation of the “site neutral” policy in Medicare’s Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) will be used “to c reate a PFS-like payment system fo...
Source: radRounds - December 30, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
Study Shows That Male Triathletes Should Take a Breather
Male triathletes should be concerned about their heart health. According to areport presented at the recent Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) conference, extensive exercise involved in triathlon training can result in myocardial fibrosis, a dire heart condition. However, females are not susceptible to the same risk. Although exercise is generally considered a good way to maintain a healthy heart, excessive exercise can be detrimental to the organ. Myocardial fibrosis can be a precursor to heart failure. The condition affects the ventricles, and can damage tissue which provokes fibrotic scarring. Jitka Starekova,...
Source: radRounds - December 22, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
New MRI Boasts Unique Magnetic Field Strength
Professor David Lurie has created a MRI that he calls “100 different MRI scanners in one.” The highly sophisticated scanner took 10 years to develop and is now being used to analyze the brains of patients who are recovering from a stroke.Called the Fast Field-Cycling MRI scanner, the machine ’s special power is that its strength can be adjusted during procedures. “This gives an extra dimension to the data collected from each patient, greatly expanding the diagnostic potential,” Lurie toldthe BBC. The researchers hope that the new MRI will help physicians make fine-tuned analyses of their patients ’ health and c...
Source: radRounds - December 22, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
Can This Machine Learning Tool Diagnose Pneumonia Better Than a Radiologist?
Pneumonia is one of the most common causes of infections that lead to hospitalization, and depending on thepopulation, there are often variations in imaging diagnosis accuracy. A group of Stanford University researchers are working to minimize the risk of misdiagnosis with CheXNet, a machine learning algorithm that can detect pneumonia from chest x-rays better than a radiologist, according to a non-peer-reviewed paper. The radiology community is embarking upon an exciting era of AI-driven diagnosis. Back in August, researchers at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospitaldeveloped a way to use deep learning to identify TB on...
Source: radRounds - December 22, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
Dose reference levels in cardiac CT scan
Dose reference level is the level used for the dose that does not lead to adverse effects .
usually studies in this field using multiple dose including overdose.
In the case of several studies that deal with different effects the lowest level is determined that does not cause significant damage, then the level is divided along with the differences in sensitivity among Humans .
The processes and steps towards establishing DRLs are likely to involve many players, including the imaging facilities, the health authority, the professional bodies, and the regulatory body. In particular there should be collective ‘ownership’ o...
Source: radRounds - December 18, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Sura Ahmad alkhateeb Source Type: blogs
Dicom and Change Healthcare are Partnering with Google Cloud to Solve Your Data Storage Woes
Many healthcare organizations rely on Google cloud storage for file sharing. However, getting adequate space on the system is a struggle that affects us all. At the annual Radiological Society of North America conference, Dicom Systems, Change Healthcare, and Kanteron Systems announced they ’re collaborating with Google Cloud to expand and streamline storage services for healthcare providers and facilities. Here’s how they will be improving storage structures: Dicom Systems: Healthcare organizations will soon be able to take advantage of Dicom ’s hybrid cloud VNA, The Universal Cloud Archive Adaptor, which provides s...
Source: radRounds - December 15, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
Fat Distribution Predicts a Person ’s Risk for Heart Attack
Obesity and overweight can lead to a heart attack, stroke, or diabetes. Yet, there are other ways to determine someone ’s chances of developing a cardiometabolic health condition. According to a recentstudy presented at the Radiological Society of North America annual meeting, the way fat is distributed throughout the body can indicate someone ’s cardiometabolic risk. Study lead Miriam A. Bredella, MD, a radiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and associate professor at Harvard Medical School, and her colleagues evaluated 200 overweight and obese people who were the mean age of 37 and had similar BMI. The group o...
Source: radRounds - December 15, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
Identifying Domestic Abuse Patterns Through Radiology Images
A newstudy presented at the Radiological Society of North American conference has found that imaging patterns can help us do more than determine the cause for particular injuries and abnormalities. Researchers at Brigham and Women ’s Hospital (BWH) have determined that certain injury patterns can indicate domestic abuse. Lead authors Bharti Khurana, MD, assistant director of emergency radiology at BWH and Elizabeth George, MD, a radiology resident at the hospital, evaluated 185 patient files from BWH ’s Emergency Department from January 2015 and October 2016 that were referred to the hospital’s domestic abuse and ass...
Source: radRounds - December 15, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
American College of Radiology 2018 Gold Medalists - Congratulations Dr. Goske, Pressman, and Resnick!
Dr. Marylyn GoskeDr. Barry PressmanDr. Donald ResnickRESTON, VA — The American College of Radiology (ACR) Board of Chancellors (BOC) selected three innovators as 2018 Gold Medalists for their extraordinary service to the College or radiology. Honors will be bestowed during the ACR 2018 Annual Meeting, to be held May 19–23, 2018, in Washington, DC.The following individuals will receive the ACR Gold Medal:Marilyn J. Goske, MD, FACR, of Lexington, MA, chair emeritus of the Image Gently Alliance and professor/clinical emerita, department of radiology, University of Cincinnati College of MedicineBarry D. Pressman, MD, FACR,...
Source: radRounds - December 8, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: radRounds Radiology Network Source Type: blogs
How Arterys is Streamlining Imaging Practices with New AI Platform
This year ’s annual Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting was a grand showcase of artificial intelligence ventures. Take for example the Arterys’s latest platform Arterys MICA, a web based medical imaging system powered by AI. MICA facilitates workflows for a diverse set of imaging devices, including MRI and CT. The scalable GPU architecture allows clinicians to “interact with and edit their output in real time.” Like other deep learning systems, the platform adopts these editing patterns and uses them to improve its algorithms. Healthcare data has grown more vulnerable to data breaches over the year...
Source: radRounds - December 8, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
GE Healthcare and NVIDIA Introduce AI to 500,000 Imaging Devices
In collaboration with NVIDIA, GE Healthcare is launching artificial intelligence capabilities in 500,000 of its imaging devices — that’s aroundhalf of the company ’s operating scanners worldwide. Not only is this system-wide update a part of an initiative to improve imaging quality, but it’s also an effort to streamline healthcare data processing. NVIDIA is a main player in the AI market. NVIDIA GPUs are featured in Tesla self-driving cars, robotics, and 3D gaming. The GPU technology is now integrated into GE Healthcare ’s Revolution Family, a series of sophisticated imaging devices. GPU can be used to generate c...
Source: radRounds - December 8, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
Radiologists Make More Mistakes When Working Longer Hours
Overtime and long hours can result in poor job performance in practically any career. However, a newstudy has found that this is especially true for radiologists. Researchers Tarek Hanna, MD, assistant professor of radiology at Emory University, and Christine Lamoureux, MD, a radiologist at vRad, analyzed the repercussions that long shifts can have on radiologists and their image assessment capabilities, and found that burning the midnight oil can cause radiologists to make more errors. The researchers evaluated 2,922,377 imaging exams from a teleradiology practice ’s 2015 database. Radiologists at teleradiology practice...
Source: radRounds - December 8, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
Who are the top teleradiology companies currently?
Teleradiology is as popular as ever as a value-added service and as a career path for radiologists. Demand is high given increasing price sensitivity around imaging costs, decreasing supply of qualified radiologists, healthcare consolidation, and simply disruptive technology enabling radiology to be practiced at low cost from anywhere.Here is a round-up of current well known and top teleradiology companies whether you are looking to contract with a telerad company or looking to work with one as a radiologist:Argus Teleradiology - " Argus Radiology is radiologist owned and operated. Active at every level of the company, ...
Source: radRounds - December 8, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: radRounds Radiology Network Source Type: blogs
