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Computer-aided detection (CAD) is now being used in a number of anatomic regions, but unfortunately the prostate hasn't been one of them. Until now, as researchers are turning in their first studies of prostate CAD based on artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning.
Looking at about 100 patients with suspected prostate cancer, researchers from the University of Rome applied their AI-based CAD system to MR images of potential tumor regions identified by expert readers, hoping to improve the yield of core biopsies to detect malignancy. Find out what happened by clicking here.
Not to be outdone, a team from China presenting at the ECR 2017 evaluated deep-learning techniques for reading prostate MRI. Click here to find out how well they performed and what the complications were.
In another CAD story, researchers from Japan analyzed lung CT images and found that using CAD in combination with advanced iterative reconstruction techniques allowed even small pulmonary nodules to be seen at sharply reduced doses. They found limits to this practice, however, which you can learn about here.
Another group from Italy put lung CAD against human readers to compare detection rates for subsolid pulmonary nodules. Care to guess who won?
In head CT, a team from the Netherlands developed a color mapping technique to help pinpoint areas of ischemia in acute stroke imaging. As predicted, use of the technique sped up interpretation in a setting where time is brain.
Looking at the bigger picture for a moment, what are radiologists to do about increasing workloads and declining reimbursement? Why, artificial intelligence of course, which contributing writer Stephen Holloway calls the "great enabler" for an era in which so much in radiology seems to be getting more complicated. In fact, he shows AI can address a wide range of problems and complications from back-office bottlenecks to interpretation dilemmas that slow workflow. He presents the evidence here.
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