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AI fails to pass radiology-qualifying examination

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is currently unable to pass one of the qualifying radiology examinations, suggesting that this promising technology is not yet ready to replace doctors, finds a study in the Christmas issue of The BMJ.

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Pioneering MRI method spots pre-malignant pancreatic lesions for the first time

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But now, in a new study, researchers led by Noam Shemesh and Carlos Bilreirorespectively, head of the Preclinical MRI lab at Champalimaud Research and a doctor at the Champalimaud Clinical Center's Radiology Departmenthave shown, for the first time, that a particular form of MRI, called Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI), is capable of robustly detecting (..)

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More effective, non-invasive test uses artificial intelligence to detect blocked arteries

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When her primary care doctor heard something unusual during a routine examination, she sent Moore to cardiologist Mark Rabbat, MD, associate professor of medicine and radiology and director of cardiac computed tomography (CT) at Loyola Medicine.

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As India battles COVID, Qure.ai deploys AI diagnostic for hard-pressed doctors

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is making an artificial intelligence-driven diagnostic app available to doctors scrambling to cope with escalating COVID-19 cases and deaths. deploys AI diagnostic for hard-pressed doctors appeared first on. Indian digital health company Qure.ai The post As India battles COVID, Qure.ai

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FDA grants swift approval to Cognoa’s digital device for autism diagnosis

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Cognoa says the artificial intelligence (AI) based device is the first to be authorised by the US regulator that can help doctors diagnose autism in primary care, and will be launched “in the coming months” At the moment, autism can be difficult to diagnose as there are no medical markers to confirm its presence.

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IBM sells off large parts of Watson Health business

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Francisco Partners is picking up a range of databases and analytics tools – including Health Insights, MarketScan, Clinical Development, Social Programme Management, Micromedex and other imaging and radiology tools – for an undisclosed sum estimated to be in the region of $1 billion.

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Microsoft puts AI at heart of digital health strategy with Nuance deal

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It’s been working closely with Microsoft since 2019, and its main products – including Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX), Dragon Medical One and PowerScribe One for radiology reporting – are all built on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform. History in the making!