Blog
Information Equals Life: The Future of Radiology IT
[vc_row nav_skin="light" consent_include="include"][vc_column css_animation=""][vc_text_element css_animation=""]Inspiration often comes from unexpected places. Healthcare, as with military precision, relies on mission-critical decision making under uncertainty. Physicians, like top notch fighter pilots, are diligently trained for high-speed tasks in...
RSNA 2021: Hype vs Reality and What Really Matters
[vc_row nav_skin="light" consent_include="include"][vc_column css_animation=""][vc_text_element css_animation=""] After an absence last year, the largest radiological conference in the world took place in person, right after Thanksgiving in surprisingly balmy Chicago. RSNA 2021 was a great opportunity to...
If You Only Knew the Power of the Dark Side
RSNA 2021 was a real eye-opener for me. It was the first time I appeared at the event as a member of industry rather than in my capacity as a radiologist or rad student and...
You Too Can Prevent an IT Fire
[vc_row nav_skin="light" consent_include="include"][vc_column css_animation=""][vc_text_element css_animation=""]Before I joined Sirona, the concept of a deconstructed PACS where you use the best products from individual vendors for worklist, viewer and reporter seemed like a good idea in theory....
The Unique Problems of Medical Computer Vision
You have never seen such an exhausted disdain as when you ask an overworked radiologist to segment brain lesions on an additional thousand MR scans. Embarrassing to say now, but this was once me slowly...
Rad IT Reconstructed, Not Deconstructed
The modern rad could be forgiven for being suspicious of the promises of new technology. For the most part, technology has served as an enabler for a higher volume of work with little regard for...
This is Why I Went to Medical School
Like many radiologists, I often find myself complaining about my workflow and saying “this isn’t why I went to med school” or “I didn’t go to med school to do X”. I thought it would...
Keeping Physicians at the Heart of the AI Healthcare Revolution
Last month, TechCrunch published an op-ed by technologist Kai-fu Lee arguing AI “stands to outclass doctors” and will eventually become superior to physicians in diagnostic capability. There is no denying AI’s value and promise for advancing...