Deep Learning Model Accurately Diagnoses COPD

Using just one inhalation lung CT scan, a deep learning model can accurately diagnose and stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a study published today in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

COPD is a group of progressive lung diseases that impair a person's ability to breathe.

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Shape-Changing Device Helps Visually Impaired People Perform Location Task as Well as Sighted People

Researchers from Imperial College London, working with the company MakeSense Technology and the charity Bravo Victor, have developed a shape-changing device called Shape that helps people with visual impairment navigate through haptic perception - the way people understand information about objects through touch. The device, which looks like a torch, bends to indicate where a person needs to move and straightens when the user is facing the correct direction.

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Bayer Acquires HiDoc Technologies and Cara Care® App for Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Bayer is today announcing that it plans to acquire HiDoc Technologies GmbH in the first quarter of 2025 and to start commercialization of the digital health application, Cara Care®. Cara Care® is the first prescribed digital health application for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and offers a novel, holistic therapeutic approach for patients with IBS.(1)

Patients with irritable bowel syndrome have generally already been through a lot by the time they receive a formal diagnosis, and they face numerous daily challenges and obstacles associated with their symptoms that impair their quality of life.

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AI-Based Chatbot Created for Bioimage Analysis

Scientists from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), together with a research team from Ericsson and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, have developed an artificial intelligence-based software programme that can search for information and make recommendations for biomedical image analysis. This innovation streamlines the work of individuals using large bioimage databases, including life sciences researchers, workflow developers, and biotech and pharmaceutical companies.

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Analyzing Multiple Mammograms Improves Breast Cancer Risk Prediction

A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis describes an innovative method of analyzing mammograms that significantly improves the accuracy of predicting the risk of breast cancer development over the following five years. Using up to three years of previous mammograms, the new method identified individuals at high risk of developing breast cancer 2.3 times more accurately than the standard method, which is based on questionnaires assessing clinical risk factors alone, such as age, race and family history of breast cancer.

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Welcome Evo, Generative AI for the Genome

Brian Hie runs the Laboratory of Evolutionary Design at Stanford, where he works at the crossroads of artificial intelligence and biology. Not long ago, Hie pondered a provocative question: If a tool like ChatGPT can write original sentences based on patterns found in massive collections of previously written words, what happens if we replace written words with genetic code?

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Philips Aims to Advance Cardiac MRI Technology through AI-Driven Research

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) and Mayo Clinic announced a research collaboration aimed at advancing MRI for cardiac applications. Through this investigation, Philips and Mayo Clinic will look to harness the power of AI and the expertise of Mayo Clinic physicians to increase operational efficiency by shortening complex MRI exams and improving workflow for radiologists.

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Research Study Shows the Cost-Effectiveness of AI-Enhanced Heart Failure Screening

Earlier research showed that primary care clinicians using AI-ECG tools identified more unknown cases of a weak heart pump, also called low ejection fraction, than without AI. New study findings published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health suggest that this type of screening is also cost-effective in the long term, especially in outpatient settings.

Incremental drops in heart function are treatable with medication but can be hard to spot.

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Remote Telemedicine Tool Found Highly Accurate in Diagnosing Melanoma

Collecting images of suspicious-looking skin growths and sending them off-site for specialists to analyze is as accurate in identifying skin cancers as having a dermatologist examine them in person, a new study shows.

According to the study authors, the findings add to evidence that such technology could help to reliably address diagnostic and treatment disparities for lower-income populations with limited access to dermatologists.

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New Guidance for Ensuring AI Safety in Clinical Care Published in JAMA

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more prevalent in health care, organizations and clinicians must take steps to ensure its safe implementation and use in real-world clinical settings, according to an article co-written by Dean Sittig, PhD, professor with McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston and Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH, professor at Baylor College of Medicine.

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