AI Set For A Larger Role in NHS Imaging Diagnostics
The importance of medical image sharing in helping to provide access to crucial data and help specialists make diagnoses is well known, but it could gain even more significance in an age when the capacity for images to be used effectively…
AI Shown To Improve Diagnosis Of Inherited Retinal Disease
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been used a lot to support the medical sector, including helping to diagnose inherited retinal diseases (IRD).The European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) has revealed researchers have used…
How Has Medical Imaging Changed Over Time?
Medical imaging technology gives scientists and medical professionals the ability to research the human body, how it works and how it is affected by disease and viruses.There have been many advancements in medical imaging over the course…
NHS Pilots Artificial Intelligence To Cut Missed Appointments
Missed hospital appointments cost the NHS millions of pounds every year, which is why it is piloting artificial intelligence (AI) software to reduce the number of incidents.AI will use algorithms, data, and external insights, such as…
How AI Is Used In Medicine
Artificial intelligence (AI) is an incredible tool that can achieve some amazing results if used correctly. Perhaps one of the most groundbreaking uses for AI is in medicine and advancements could change the world of medicine forever.AI…
Rounded Heart Images Could Indicate Cardiovascular Disease
Medical images of rounded hearts could be an early sign of cardiovascular disease.The National Institutes of Health revealed research in the journal Med that suggests analysis of pictures of the shape of hearts could become a diagnostic…
Genomics England Uses Medical Imaging For Cancer Research
Genomics England has revealed it will enhance its cancer research programme by accessing a medical image storage system.The organisation, which looks at genetics to find causes of diseases and create new treatments, will use the technology…
How Stable Diffusion Could Advance Medical Imaging
As the use of medical imaging grows, the work involved can be more specialised and means that getting enough training to help make the best use of medical imagining solutions is a challenge.However, new developments may help make this…
Could Cloud Computing Lead To Health Equity?
Cloud computing in healthcare could help balance the disparity between medical services around the world.Over the last few years, use of cloud services has increased in the healthcare sector. They have advanced to store medical images…
How Cloud Storage Cost Savings Can Boost NHS
It will come as news to nobody that the NHS faces a tough winter. Fears of a ‘twindemic’ of high rates of Covid and flu infections, the backlog of operations caused by the pandemic remains and pay strikes among nurses and ambulance staff…
University Institute Developing Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Devices
A team at the University of Illinois has been given a $2m grant to develop devices that can add 3D medical imaging capability to traditionally 2D ultrasound systems.The FASTER project, led by the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science…
How The Cloud Can Help When Disaster Strikes
Disaster recovery is something every business or organisation needs to prepare for, whether it is a physical calamity on its premises like fire or flood, or a major data problem such as a power outage or cyber attack.The capacity for…
Excess Deaths Figures May Highlight Importance Of Screening
A lack of medical scans could have contributed to the exceptionally high level of excess mortality revealed in new official figures.In 2022 over 650,000 deaths occurred, nine per cent more than the last pre-pandemic year of 2019. While…
How Can AI-Powered Ultrasound Detect Heart Disease?
In 2022, the biggest leap forward for medical imaging services was the adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning to help doctors diagnose diseases in tissue samples and diagnostic scans,This is why, for example, a system…