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A medical scan of a patient’s brain is labelled with an orange spot — marked by artificial intelligence software, where it found a probable aneurysm.

from: Stanford Univ.

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topic	progress in bio-medicine
story	Medical artificial intelligence software detects aneurysms.

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an artificial intelligence software tool found aneurysms better than physicians:

part 1:

• computer software called artificial intelligence (AI) specializes in revealing patterns in large + complex piles of data
• AI programs can often pick-out key issues, better than a person
• the software is trained to sift through mountains of info — efficiently sorting data into maps of knowledge
• so AI is especially useful in fields that process high volumes of data — like: medicine, economics, physics, engineering
• medical researchers hope to build AI software that can diagnose patients

part 2:

• a team at Stanford Univ. built an AI tool to help detect brain aneurysms in people
• a brain aneurysm is a bulge in a blood vessel in the brain
• aneurysms are dangerous because they can leak or rupture — causing bleeding into the brain
• usually an aneurysm forms because a blood vessel is weak
• so early detection + diagnosis are important to avoid patient death or disability
• each year: 30,000 people in the US suffer a ruptured brain aneurysm

part 3:

• the team’s AI software tool highlights areas of a brain scan that are likely to contain an aneurysm
• it successfully found 6 more aneurysms than physicians did — in a set of 100 brain scans
• to find aneurysms in a patient, physicians comb through 100s of brain images
• aneurysms come in many sizes + shapes — and balloon-out at tricky angles
• some appear as tiny blips on brain scan images

part 4.

• the team taught their software by showing it 611 3D brain scans — where they outlined actual aneurysms
• so the software learned how to identify what an aneurysm looks like in high detail
• to use the tool, the team feeds the software a 3D brain scan made with the imaging technique called CT
• CT stands for computed tomography angiogram — it creates a map of body tissues + blood vessels
• then the AI software overlays the CT image with a colored highlight, wherever it finds an aneurysm
• the team envisions an updated AI program designed to find aneurysms after they’ve burst

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A medical diagram illustrating an aneurysm in a human brain.

art: by Elizabeth Weissbrod • Weissbrod Studios

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reading:

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organization: Stanford Univ.
story title: Stanford Univ. researchers develop artificial intelligence tool to help detect brain aneurysms
read | story

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Radiologists improved their diagnosis of brain aneurysms with artificial intelligence software made by medical researchers + computer scientists.

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publication: the Next Web
story title: Stanford Univ. new AI can help doctors spot brain aneurysms
read | story

tag line: Sharing, inventing, and advancing tech developments.

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publication: Extreme Tech • by Ziff Davis
story title: Stanford Univ. latest AI helps doctors diagnose brain aneurysms more accurately
read | story

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publication: Geek • by Ziff Davis
story title: New AI tool can help doctors detect brain aneurysms
read | story

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publication: Psychology Today
story title: Stanford Univ. unveils AI tool for finding aneurysms
read | story

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Deep learning helps clinicians identify brain aneurysms with better accuracy.

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publication: Radiology Business • by TriMed Media
story title: AI helps specialists improve cerebral aneurysm detection rates
read | story

tag line: For leaders navigating value-based care.

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publication: Health Imaging • by TriMed Media
story title: AI detects missed aneurysms in magnetic resonance angiography with increased sensitivity
read | story

tag line: Insights in imaging + informatics.

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publication: Forbes
story title: AI is not ready for the intricacies of radiology
read | story

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on the web | pages

IBM | home

IBM | Watson for Health: home
IBM | Watson for Health: learn about AI in medicine

tag line: Making progress in health, together.

— summary —

Researchers are building better software with artificial intelligence for applications in medicine. Gaining insights into diagnostics, health-care processes, treatment options, and patient outcomes — with the support of computers using a technique called machine learning.

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on the web | pages

American Stroke Assoc. | home
American Stroke Assoc. | about cerebral aneurysm

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on the web | pages

Brain Aneurysm Foundation | home
Brain Aneurysm Foundation | about brain aneurysm

Stop the Pop • by Brain Aneurysm Foundation | home

tag line: Stop the pop.

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on the web | pages

AI in HealthCare • by TriMed Media | home

tag line: Innovation to transform health-care.

 

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AI = artificial intelligence
ML = machine learning
MRI = magnetic resonance imaging

IBM = International Business Machines

* American Stroke Association is a division of American Heart Association