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Imidex VisiRad XR Nabs FDA Clearance

Imidex has received U.S. FDA clearance for VisiRad XR, its artificial intelligence-powered software analyzing chest X-rays to identify potential lung nodules and masses.

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Safely Studying Dangerous Infections Just Got a Lot Easier

An extremely fast new 3D imaging method can show how cells respond to infection and to possible treatments, researchers say.

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Deep Learning for Extremity Radiographs Confounded by Labels

According to a new study, convolutional neural networks trained to identify abnormalities on upper extremity radiographs are susceptible to a ubiquitous confounding image feature that could limit their clinical utility: radiograph labels.

Study Reveals Bias Among Doctors Who Classify X-Rays for Coal Miners’ Black Lung Claims

by Keri Stephens | Mar 29, 2021

University of Illinois, Chicago researchers are the first to report on the financial conflicts of interest that exist among doctors who review the chest x-rays of coal miners who file workers’ compensation claims of totally disabling disease with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Federal Black Lung Program.

X-rays, Combined with AI, Offer Fast Diagnostic Tool in Detecting COVID-19

by Keri Stephens | Mar 26, 2021

X-rays could be a leading-edge diagnostic tool for COVID-19 patients with the help of artificial intelligence, according to a team of researchers in Brazil who taught a computer program, through various machine learning methods, to detect COVID-19 in chest x-rays with 95.6% to 98.5% accuracy.