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Facebook, NYU use AI to speed up knee MRI scanning process

Magnetic resonance imaging scanning process can be accelerated using artificial intelligence, according to a joint research initiative, called fastMRI, between Facebook AI and NYU Langone. The study found fastMRI’s AI-generated images were created with about 25% data from scanning machines, and they can be replaced with traditional MRI scans for diagnosis. Traditional MRI scanning process uses powerful magnets and radio waves to gather raw data necessary to create images. “This study is an important step toward clinical acceptance and utilization of AI-accelerated MRI scans, because it demonstrates for the first time that AI-generated images are indistinguishable in appearance from standard clinical MR exams and are interchangeable in regards to diagnostic accuracy,” said Michael P. Recht, MD, Louis Marx Professor and Chair of Radiology at NYU Langone.

The Hindu

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