Artificial Intelligence

This channel includes news and new technology innovations for artificial intelligence software, also referred to as deep learning, cognitive computing and machine learning. Specifically this page is for cardiac related AI technology integration for imaging appropriate use criteria (AUC), clinical decision support, predictive analytics, workflow improvements and automated diagnostics.

AI Med will present its Virtual Clinical Series: Imaging Built by Clinicians, for Clinicians, June 29-30, 2021.

News | Artificial Intelligence

AI Med Virtual Conference Focuses on AI in Imaging-focused Subspecialties

June 9, 2021 — AI Med will present its Virtual Clinical Series: Imaging Built by Clinicians, for Clinicians, June 29-30 ...

June 09, 2021

Some of the top technology news from ACC 2021. Top left, the LAAOS III trial showed benefit when surgeons seal off the LAA during other open heart procedures. Bottom left, the ReCor Paradise renal denervation system helped lower blood pressure in patients who did not respond to medication. Top right, for patients with both heart failure and AFib it makes no differences is therapy is focused on controlling the heart rhythm or heart rate. Bottom right, the FLOWER-MI trial found no benefit to FFR-guided PCI.

Feature | ACC | By Dave Fornell, Editor

Key Cardiology Technology Takeaways at ACC 2021

Here are the top 10 takeaways from the late-breaking studies on cardiovascular technologies presented at the 2021 Americ ...

June 08, 2021

Avicenna.AI announces the introduction of Cina Chest, including AI tools for detection and emergency triage of pulmonary embolism and aortic dissection.

News | Artificial Intelligence

AI Triage Solution for PE and Aortic Dissection Receives FDA Clearance and CE Mark

June 3, 2021 — Medical imaging AI specialist Avicenna.AI announced that it has received certification in the United ...

June 07, 2021

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Feature | Information Technology

SPONSORED CONTENT: Unveiling the Future of Cardiovascular Workflow

Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...

March 21, 2024

$GE Healthcare had integrated artificial intelligence algorithms into many of its device technologies. Recently the vendor introduced AI-enabled real-time automated ejection fraction measurements on its Venue Go point of care ultrasound system.$

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GE Healthcare and the ACC Join Forces to Advance AI in Cardiac Care

June 3, 2020 — GE Healthcare is collaborating with the American College of Cardiology (ACC) through support of and ...

June 03, 2021

iRhythm Technologies Inc. announced two new U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearances — one for a new and improved design of its flagship Zio wearable cardiac monitor, and a second for updated artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.

News | Wearables

FDA Clears Smaller iRhythm Monitor with AI Arrhythmia Detection

May 25, 2021 — iRhythm Technologies Inc. announced two new U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearances — ...

May 25, 2021

$The WASE-COVID Study used the artificial intelligence automated echocardiogram reading software EchoGo-Core from Ultromics to evaluate ejection fraction and left ventricle longitudinal strain in COVID-19 patients to identify risk markers for mortality. The study also compared human vs. AI variability in assessing the exams. #ACC21 #ACC2021$

Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

AI Derived Cardiac Echo Measurements Able to Predict COVID-19 Mortality

May 18, 2021 — Artificial intelligence (AI) derived heart measurements were able to predict COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) mortal ...

May 18, 2021

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BLOG: AI outperforms human analysis in predicting cardiac outcomes

New research shows superiority of Ultromics’ AI in predicting cardiac-related death As the use of artificial ...

October 10, 2022

Early detection of high-risk plaque phenotypes holds the promise to prevent myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke by enabling personalized therapeutics. The company Elucid has developed AI to identify these atherosclerotic plaque phenotypes from a CT scan.

News | CT Angiography (CTA)

Study Demonstrates AI Can Estimate RNA Expression From Cardiac CT Scan

March 23, 2021 — Researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, have published the first-of-its-kind ...

March 23, 2021

Cloud AI software-as-a-service (SaaS) can help streamline workflows and increase throughput, enabling echocardiographers to better measure global longitudinal strain (GLS) more routinely without impacting productivity. This is an example of the Ultromics EchoGo Core artificial intelligence algorithm with fully automates GLS.

Feature | Artificial Intelligence

Global Longitudinal Strain Echo and AI Can Aid Fight Against Heart Failure

Heart failure (HF) is a prevalent yet silent epidemic, affecting 26 million people and costing global healthcare systems ...

March 16, 2021

Representative still images of 4 of the 10 standard transthoracic echocardiographic views acquired by a nurse using the Caption Health deep-learning algorithm that were judged to be of diagnostic quality.

News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

JAMA Cardiology Article Shows Effectiveness of AI-Guided Ultrasound Software

February 23, 2021 — A recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Cardiology demonstrated ...

February 23, 2021

News | Congenital Heart

More Than 50,000 Children Screened for Congenital Heart Defects Using AI-enabled Stethoscopes

February 16, 2021 – In recognition of World Congenital Heart Defects (CHD) Awareness week, HD Medical Inc. announced it ...

February 16, 2021

Two examples of hand-held, point-of-care-ultrasound (POCUS) being used to get immediate medical imaging information from patients in underserved areas. Left, a Butterfly Network system using an probe and an app turns a smartphone into an ultrasound system to image a patient at a remote African clinic. Right, a GE vScan being used to image patients in a rural community in Indian as part of an American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) outreach program.

Feature | Health Disparities | By Dave Fornell, Editor

5 Technologies to Help Overcome Healthcare Disparities in the Next Decade

There is a lot of talk about health disparities between the insured vs. uninsured, low-income vs. higher-income, rural ...

February 11, 2021

Clinicians reviewing a COVID-19 patient's lung CT that reveals the severity of COVID-caused pneumonia. The impact of COVID on radiology was a major, over arching trend at the 2020 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting. Getty Images #RSNA20 #RSNA2020

Feature | RSNA | By Dave Fornell and Melinda Taschetta-Millane

8 Top Trend Takeaways in Medical Imaging From RSNA 2020

Not surprisingly, many of the key trends observed at the 2020 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting ...

January 18, 2021