Researchers at Facebook Inc. and NYU Langone Health said Tuesday that a two-year experiment demonstrates how artificial intelligence can produce a fourfold increase in the speed of magnetic resonance imaging. The results of the joint effort, which originated at Facebook, show that accurate MRIs can be produced more quickly as AI functions with less data, researchers said. “Our goal is a five-minute MRI. This has the potential to be a new paradigm,” he said. “We really want to improve patient care.”Unlike X-rays and CT scans, MRIs, a critical tool in diagnosis, don’t emit body penetrating radiation and can capture images of soft tissue such as muscle and ligaments, said Dr. Recht.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 18, 2020 12:56 UTC