AI assistant learns from radiology reports to spot problems in abdominal scans

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Researchers introduced RADAR, an AI assistant that analyzes abdominal CT scans to help radiologists detect problems more efficiently. This technology aims to reduce workload by improving accuracy in interpreting one of the most complex medical scans using AI techniques.

An abdominal CT scan packs an extraordinary amount of information into a single image, layering dozens of organs and hundreds of possible conditions. It's widely considered one of the most complex scans in medicine to read, and even expert radiologists need time to carefully untangle what they're looking at. To help ease some of their workload, researchers presented a new AI assistant called RADAR (Rapid Abdominal Diagnosis with AI and Radiology).