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1 day ago | auntminnie.com | Erik L. Ridley

If a radiologist missed a key finding but AI software didn’t, how would a jury determine legal culpability? Researchers from Brown University recently explored that question and came up with some interesting findings. After surveying hundreds of jurors, the study team concluded that although that scenario would negatively affect the defense, the effect could be substantially mitigated by providing the panel with data on the algorithm’s error rates.

1 day ago | auntminnie.com | Erik L. Ridley

Imaging AI startup Clairity has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) de novo authorization for Clarity Breast, an AI-based software platform designed to predict a woman’s future breast cancer from a screening mammogram. Unlike computer-aided detection or computer-aided diagnosis software, Clairity Breast is not meant to be included in the radiologist’s interpretation process.

2 days ago | auntminnie.com | Will Morton

A prospective study in a live radiology clinical practice illustrates the potential for radiologist and generative AI collaboration to improve the delivery of clinical care, according to an article published June 5 in JAMA Network Open. In the study, a generative AI model that drafts x-ray reports was integrated into the workflow and resulted in a 15.5% documentation efficiency benefit with no decrease in clinical accuracy.

4 days ago | auntminnie.com | Will Morton

A large observational analysis has failed to detect any clinically meaningful benefit of statin use on bone mineral density (BMD), a team of Canadian and U.S. researchers reported. The finding is from a clinical registry of 22,393 individuals who underwent dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans and clarifies whether or not statins may lower risk for osteoporosis, noted lead author William Leslie, of the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada, and colleagues.

4 days ago | auntminnie.com | Liz Carey

Serial MR scanning shows that different components within carotid atherosclerotic plaque may influence each other and increase risk of intraplaque hemorrhage (IPH), according to neurovascular imaging research published June 3 in Radiology.