Image interpretation provider Imaging Advantage said it has teamed up with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard Medical School to develop a cloud-based artificial intelligence engine that prereads x-ray images before they are forwarded to radiologists.
Dubbed Singularity Healthcare, the collaboration is tasked with developing an artificial intelligence engine that will be incorporated into Imaging Advantage's proprietary exam-routing technology. An algorithm will rapidly preread digital x-rays and identify areas of injury and disease while continuously learning from an expanding database of 7 billion images, the company said. Images will then be forwarded to one of 500 board-certified radiologists who are connected in the cloud to the platform.
X-ray exams constitute half of all radiology tests, and radiology is the significant limiting factor in the flow and treatment of patients in hospital emergency departments, according to Imaging Advantage.
Moreover, inconsistency in testing and access to care contribute significantly to the $1 trillion of annual waste in U.S. healthcare, the company said. By bringing business and academic expertise to the problem, Imaging Advantage hopes to transform radiology by providing faster, more accurate, and less expensive diagnostic testing.
