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GE Healthcare to Make AI Ecosystem of Smart Algorithms Practical

Window (right) opened during GE Healthcare demonstration shows highlighted region of interest including signs of pneumothorax in an AI-enhanced chest radiograph (CE Mark version of software; not commercially available in United States).

Sponsored Content | Blog | Artificial Intelligence | December 21, 2019

BLOG: How AI Might Boost Efficiency and Effectiveness

On a monitor in the downtown Chicago engineering laboratories of...

Videos | Radiation Dose Management | December 19, 2019

VIDEO: Radiation From Medical Imaging in U.S. Dropped Over Past Decade

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News | Mobile Devices | December 19, 2019

Georgia Hospital Relies on Versatility of Carestream’s Compact Mobile X-ray System

December 19, 2019 — Piedmont Rockdale Hospital (Conyers, Ga.), a healthcare provider with a Level III Neonatal...

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In 2011, about half of radiologists reported being burned out, according to the American College of Radiology (ACR)

Blog | Artificial Intelligence | November 20, 2019

BLOG: How Burnout Puts Radiology at Risk

Pressed to do more, some radiologists are burning out. And the problem may be getting worse.

Videos | Ultrasound Transesophageal echo (TEE) | December 19, 2019

VIDEO: Augmented Reality Aids Transesophgeal Echo Training

This is an example of an ...

Videos | RSNA | December 18, 2019

VIDEO: Key Radiology Technology Trends at RSNA 2019

ITN Editor Dave Fornell and ITN Consulting Editor Greg Freiherr offer a post-game report on the trends and technologies...

Patient inclusion flowchart shows selection of women in the training and validation samples used for deep neural network development, as well as in the test sample (current study sample). Exclusions are detailed in the footnote. PACS = picture archiving and communication system. Image courtesy of Radiological Society of North America.

Patient inclusion flowchart shows selection of women in the training and validation samples used for deep neural network development, as well as in the test sample (current study sample). Exclusions are detailed in the footnote. PACS = picture archiving and communication system. Image courtesy of Radiological Society of North America.

News | Artificial Intelligence | December 18, 2019

AI Improves Breast Cancer Risk Prediction

December 17, 2019 — A sophisticated type of ...

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Through its structure and scalability, the cloud makes data usable, even when there are volumes of it

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Blog | Archive Cloud Storage | November 19, 2019

BLOG: How the Cloud and AI Can Elevate the Standard of Patient Care

Through its structure and scalability, the cloud makes data usable, even when there are volumes of it.

The company has selected Flywheel to support data management and curation and gain efficiencies in their machine learning workflow

News | Artificial Intelligence | December 16, 2019

MaxQ AI Selects Flywheel for Machine Learning Capabilities

December 16, 2019 — MaxQ AI, a company focused...

Designed by and for radiologists, new release of PowerScribe One improves efficiency while advancing care quality and reducing radiologist fatigue

News | Artificial Intelligence | December 16, 2019

Nuance Transforms Radiology Reporting With Major AI and Ambient Enhancements

December 16, 2019 — At the Radiological Society of North America’s...

Sponsored Content | Videos | Proton Therapy | December 16, 2019

VIDEO: Varian Showcases Latest Developments at ASTRO 2019

Join Chris Toth, president of Varian’s Oncology Systems business, for a peek at the history of machine learning/AI in...

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Embedded in the many data sets that comprise it, Big Data may provide an understanding of how health care can be improved

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Blog | Archive Cloud Storage | November 08, 2019

BLOG: Uncovering Patterns in Big Data

Embedded in the many data sets that comprise it,...

The RIS market is expected to reach $979.1 M by 2025

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News | Information Technology | December 13, 2019

Global Radiology Information System Market Research Report for 2019-2025

December 13, 2019 — According to a new study released by ...

William T. Thorwarth, M.D., FACR, chief executive officer of the ACR

William T. Thorwarth, M.D., FACR, chief executive officer of the ACR

News | Population Health | December 13, 2019

ACR Urges Thoughtful Deliberation of Proposals to Address “Surprise Medical Bills”

December 13, 2019 — The ...

he “surprise billing” plan unveiled recently by Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Representatives Frank Pallone (D-NJ), and Greg Walden (R-OR), must be improved to gain American College of Radiology (ACR) support

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News | Population Health | December 11, 2019

ACR Opposes Alexander, Pallone and Walden “Surprise Billing” Plan

December 11, 2019 — The “...

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Blog | Archive Cloud Storage | October 21, 2019

BLOG: What AI Does in the Cloud

Ubiquity is a great advantage of the cloud. Its pervasiveness allows data access from anywhere on the network.

Schematic diagram of the proposed multichannel deep neural network model analyzing multiscale functional brain connectome for a classification task. rsfMRI = resting-state functional MRI.

Schematic diagram of the proposed multichannel deep neural network model analyzing multiscale functional brain connectome for a classification task. rsfMRI = resting-state functional MRI. Graphic courtesy of the Radiological Society of North America.

News | Artificial Intelligence | December 11, 2019

Artificial Intelligence Boosts MRI Detection of ADHD

December 11, 2019 — Deep learning, a type of ...