Dear Ultrasound Insider,
Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to show promise in accurately analyzing ultrasound images, as well as coexisting with human experts. Researchers are continuing to expand AI's potential by working with larger, broader datasets in the hope of one day integrating deep learning into the clinical setting.
A team from Queen Mary University of London recently touted the success of its deep-learning model in automating and accurately analyzing intravascular ultrasound images. Find out how it performed with its larger-than-usual dataset in this edition's Insider Exclusive.
In related news, Italian researchers used deep-learning algorithms to automatically provide risk scores based on COVID-19 patients' lung ultrasound exams and determined that the AI risk scores yielded high agreement with lung ultrasound experts.
Turning toward healthcare costs, a team from California-based company Hospital Pricing Specialists analyzed the average price of an abdominal ultrasound for patients in various states and discovered that Florida is 308% more expensive than the national average. Read the full story to learn more about how states' abdominal ultrasound prices compared.
Also, a team from the National Research Council of Italy found that ultrasound is a useful guide in determining lung congestion for hemodialysis patients at high cardiovascular risk.
Plus, check out the following recent ultrasound stories:
- Investigators from the University of New Mexico found that instructional training increases confidence among family medicine residents using point-of-care ultrasound.
- Lung ultrasound with an abbreviated scanning protocol can efficiently diagnose pulmonary congestion caused by fluid overload in hemodialysis patients, according to University of Pennsylvania researchers.
- A Chinese team has developed a bone density measurement tool based on ultrasonic backscatter that could efficiently measure bone density loss of astronauts on space missions.
- Special training may not be necessary for users of ultrasound scanners scoring lung exams of patients with COVID-19, German researchers reported.
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