Healthcare is the backbone of any country. If the healthcare system of a nation is not sound, the chances are slim that the nation would ever be able to register steady growth. Healthcare decides the overall quality of human resources, which, in turn, is a critical component of economic prosperity and growth of a country. […]
Category: Digital Imaging
Hospital Setups Mission Control Like NASA in Houston
The healthcare institutions have recently administered the concept of Mission Control Centre along with GE Healthcare. They use analytical predictions to integrate patient care across eight of CHI Franciscan’s critical care hospitals. About Mission Control Center In July, GE Healthcare and Canada-based Humber River Hospital announced their partnership to construct one of the first command […]
Deep Learning Predicts Mortality Rate From Chest X-Ray
The quality of human resources largely depends on the quality of healthcare services of a nation. If any country wishes to grow in terms of economy, the human resource available in the nation must remain fit and healthy. In order to ensure the same, the healthcare sector of the country must operate optimally. Also, there […]
CDS Improves Imaging
Healthcare is one of the most important sectors of any country. Worldwide, millions of people get benefitted from this sector and its services. Healthcare is a mandatory part of any society, and the better it is, the higher becomes the quality of the human resources leading to the better potential of growth. No economy or […]
Virtual Gadolinium May Give The Real Thing A Run For Its Money
Healthcare today has gained a much-revised shape with technology as an integral part of it. Ever since technology has invaded every sphere of our lives, it has also changed the dimensions of the medical care sector and its standards. The service expectations and service provisions have become coincident with technological advancement. The quality of medical […]
Generation ‘Alpha’ to Live in the Age of AI
Generation Alpha is the new name for the first generation to be born in the 21st century. They shall never know life beyond smartphones and smart assistants. It is predicted that they would be as dependent on AI as Generation Z and Millenials are on the internet. Peter Rejcek, a journalist, takes a dig at how AI is about the change the world, and how it would affect AI development moving forward. Singularity Hub published his post on May 14, which naturally focuses on healthcare figures. Rejcek writes, “AI is already transforming healthcare and longevity research. Machines are helping to design drugs faster and detect disease earlier.” Though it is not new, Rejcek has summarized a few specific recent studies on the influence of AI in healthcare, and he pointed out that artificial intelligence (AI) appears in approximately 90,000 publications archived on PubMed. He has also looked into the coming role of AI for Generation Alpha, born between 2011 and 2025, both in research and education. Introducing the AI Doctor The healthcare industry has adopted AI like none other, making it an integral part of the business. In fact, AI has already transformed healthcare plus longevity research. In fact, machines are now assisting drug design and earlier disease detection. It is also predicted that AI would influence not just diagnosis and treatment of diseases in children, but also how we choose which child would be born first. An NPJ Digital Medicine study published by the Weill Cornell Medicine scientist used 12,000 human embryo photos taken after five days of fertilization to train AI algorithms on how to suggest which in vitro fertilized embryo had the best chances of successful pregnancy based on quality. Each embryo was assigned a grade based on different aspects of appearance. Investigators used statistical analysis to correlate that grade with the chances of success. Stork, the algorithm, successfully classified the quality of a new set of photos having 97 percent accuracy. Dr. Olivier Elemento, director of the Caryl and Israel Englander Institute for Precision Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, was quoted in a press release as he said, “Our algorithm will help embryologists maximize the chances that their patients will have a single healthy pregnancy. The IVF procedure will remain the same but we’ll be able to improve outcomes by harnessing the power of artificial intelligence.” Other doctors and medical researchers have identified the potential of applying AI to detect signs of possible developmental issues in newborns. European scientists are working with a Finnish AI startup to create seizure monitoring technology. They have developed a technique to detect movement patterns, which might indicate conditions such as cerebral palsy. The study was published in the journal, Acta Pediatrica, which relief on an algorithm for extracting the movement from a newborn, and further turning it into a simple “stick-figure” that medical experts could use to detect clinically relevant data. Researchers are continuously improving […]
Google and Amazon Speaker Assist Interventional Radiologists
If you believed in the limited abilities of smart speakers like Google Home or Amazon Echo, it is time to think again. Doctors are now using these devices to provide better voice-based medical care. During many medical procedures like surgeries, it is often impossible to use computers. In such cases, doctors are relying on voice […]
fMRI and Fetal Gender Brains
Male and female human brains tend to go in separate directions right from the womb. In a recent study published in the April edition of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, researchers have revealed that functional connectivity is different between sexes from the very early stages of neurodevelopment. Resting-state functional MRI or fMRI was used to image the […]
Make Way for the Millennials-or Else
The new generation believes in endless opportunities offered by the digital world of mobile phones, hi-tech gadgets, and social media. Being the torchbearers of an ever-evolving digital world, they are probably more dependent on technology than any other generation. As a result, the directors of radiology residency programs are focusing on varied methods of training […]
EHRs Found Severely Underperforming or Worse
The state of the latest electronic health records in the United States is not impressive. In fact, a three-month joint investigation conducted by the Fortune magazine and Kaiser Health News showed a disturbing result. The reporters had a word with over 100 sources during which it was revealed that EHRs are not only falling short […]