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AI boosts radiologist perception training

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Significantly, the app leverages deep learning-based image segmentation in combination with computer-simulated lung nodules to automatically generate cases, lead author Jens Borgbjerg, MD, PhD, of Akershus University Hospital in Oslo, Norway, told AuntMinnie.com. Self-directed learning is a mainstay of radiological education.

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Rady Children's Hospital to offer 3D visualization software at no cost

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Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego is making its Arc Viewer -- a software platform developed by the hospital's 3D Innovations Lab -- available to other hospitals and educators across the U.S. hospitals at no cost. hospitals at no cost. However, it will not be open-source and is not intended for diagnostic use.

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What are the benefits of using an AI server downstream of PACS?

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For radiologists, we need AI to be fast … unobtrusive … and verifiable. From the IT or enterprise point of view, we want AI that is secure,” he said, emphasizing fast outputs, smooth integration, and adhering to standards such as DICOM and HL7. He estimated server cost to be about $450 a month for a large hospital with multiple sites.

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How to comply with CMS's CT radiation dose measure

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Under the auspices of Alara Imaging , a measure steward entity established by the university, CMS plans to adopt the measure into its hospital and physician pay-for-performance programs beginning in 2025. Administered CT radiation doses are highly variable across patients, radiologists, and hospitals throughout the U.S.

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Can open-source AI algorithms help clinical deployment?

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Six hospitals from three National Health Service (NHS) Trusts contributed 2.5 million usable free-text reports written by radiologists and 1.89 To that end, the group first compiled the largest chest x-ray data set to date in the U.K. million chest x-ray studies from a 13-year period (2006-2019), which yielded 1.94

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PACS industry veteran returns to launch cloud workflow platform

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The Synthesis platform features several modules, including a workflow and reporting package with AI-based speech recognition capability, a diagnostic and enterprise viewer, a unified worklist with automated exam assignment, a cloud vendor-neutral archive, and a DICOM/HL7 orchestrator that facilitates intersystem communication, according to the firm.

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Alara offers free software for MPFS quality measure compliance

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For the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) program, radiologists must report on six of the seven available measures to maximize bonuses and avoid penalties for CMS reimbursement. On behalf of CMS, Alara Imaging provides the translation software for measure computation, according to Smith-Bindman.