In today’s healthcare environment, the demand for more efficient experiences for the provider and patients is rising. Thus, new trends and technologies are emerging in the radiology field allowing doctors to diagnose diseases more efficiently rapidly, and accurately.
With the Covid-19 emergence in the past couple of years, many identified radiology trends’ main focus is around the pandemic and its impact on radiology workflow, department readiness, workforce resilience. and healthcare systems.
Radiologists will implement new trends and technologies to improve social distancing, implement telehealth and remote radiology reading.
Due to COVID-19, Telemedicine and teleradiology surged in 2020 and are here to stay. Before the emergence of the pandemic, enterprise imaging systems were already being adopted which contributed to remote access from anywhere and allowed the ability to share reports and medical images across the platforms for doctors and physicians to review.
Following the pandemic, the demand for remote access increased heavily and is likely to alter the way healthcare operations for good.
AI will become a major part of radiologists’ daily practice. Many companies partner with AI technology vendors to increase the accuracy and productivity of the medical imaging process. Some AI vendors develop an AI marketplace, a sort of AI app store, where they can select which AI they want to integrate into their workflow.
Pros of integrating AI technology, include:
Radiologists are at the center of the revolution that the interventional tools made in radiology using imaging guidance. Interventional radiology has developed several minimal invasive therapies that help radiologists use that information to treat patients and produce effective outcomes.
Healthcare members are applying several advanced procedures using interventional methods. An example of one of these procedures is geniculate artery embolization.
Benefits of Interventional radiology in medical procedure:
3D printing is a major part of the future generation of radiology technology in the long run. A 3D printer can build a model that we can use to observe, teach, and better explain the disease to students and patients through visualizing a complex structure.
3D Printing is utilized in several fields, such as:
Many AI technology vendors developed technologies that allow company technicians to remote into one of their installed imaging systems and help radiology technologists (RT) troubleshoot problems, or to do remote training.
Upon COVID-19, hospitals are questioning if the AI technology can be used to:
Currently, some healthcare systems are allowing their medical staff members to:
Many vendors are developing photon-counting detectors (PCDs) for their next-generation CT scanners.
The benefits of applying this technology, include:
MRI vendors eased the use of MRI through integrating several new technologies (especially AI technology) that have many benefits, such as:
Integrating AI technology in the radiology work process has a significant impact on the neuroimaging field. Neuroimaging helps radiologists develop triage mechanisms that can detect brain hemorrhage and other advanced cases in the radiologist’s work scope.
In the next 30 years, the pace of progress in radiology will accelerate. Computing costs will continue to decrease, and connectivity will become faster and omnipresent. Radiology and diagnostics will evolve in tandem with pathology. These trends will keep on growing and strengthening the radiology workflow.
In the next 30 years, the pace of progress in radiology will accelerate. Computing costs will continue to decrease, and connectivity will become faster and omnipresent. Radiology and diagnostics will evolve in tandem with pathology. These trends will keep on growing and strengthening the radiology workflow.
References:
https://www.diagnosticimaging.com/view/six-trends-to-watch-in-2021
https://www.dicardiology.com/article/8-top-trend-takeaways-medical-imaging-rsna-2020
https://www.itnonline.com/article/emerging-trends-radiology
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