

“Meanwhile, there is a global shortage of trained radiologists. “There is an exponentially growing demand for medical imaging, especially cross-sectional such as CT and MRI,” said study co-author Louis Lind Plesner, M.D., from the Department of Radiology at the Herlev and Gentofte Hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark. An abnormal chest X-ray can be an indication of a range of conditions, including cancer and chronic lung diseases.Īn AI tool that can accurately differentiate between normal and abnormal chest X-rays would greatly alleviate the heavy workload experienced by radiologists globally.

MaAn artificial intelligence ( AI) tool can accurately identify normal and abnormal chest X-rays in a clinical setting, according to a study published today, March 7, in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America ( RSNA).Ĭhest X-rays are used to diagnose a wide variety of conditions to do with the heart and lungs.
