Several start-up artificial intelligence (AI) vendors have emerged in the past couple years as key third-party providers of AI to larger vendors. Many imaging vendors found it was easier and less expensive to partner with AI vendors that developed specialized applications and gained U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance rather than developing their own software.
A good example of this is the Israeli company DiA Imaging Analysis, which specialized in developing the AI-based automated cardiac ultrasound solution LVivo Seamless. The technology is now integrated through partnerships with dozens of healthcare vendors, including GE Healthcare, Philips Healthcare Konica Minolta and IBM Watson.
The latest vendor to partner is the enterprise imaging vendor ScImage Inc., which will offer LVivo on the vendor's cloud-based PACS and cardiovascular information system (CVIS).
The latest collaboration leverages each company's strengths to give echocardiography (echo) labs greater access to the latest innovations in healthcare imaging technology. ScImage's intelligent cloud computing infrastructure together with DiA's AI-based algorithms, will enable them to maximize workflow efficiency in the echo lab environment by automating some functions, such as ejection fraction calculations, quantitative image analysis and longitudinal measurements.
ScImage's PICOM365 Cloud-centric enterprise imaging platform offers automated measurement-driven structured reporting, quantification, image exchange and clinical analytics. The company said running behind-the-scenes as an integrated part of echo lab workflow, DiA's AI-based LVivo will seamless automatically selects and analyzes the optimal cardiac ultrasound images, generating key clinical indications of left and right ventricle function on all echo studies. The results are automatically inserted into PICOM365 structured reports and immediately presented on the PICOM365 viewer for an efficient and fluent echo lab workflow.
"For artificial intelligence to be truly valuable, it must be integrated into the clinician's daily routine and read flow," said Hila Goldman Aslan, CEO and Co-founder of DiA Imaging Analysis, in a statement about the ScImage deal. "Our team at DiA is excited to be working with ScImage, making both companies' innovative solutions accessible to even more echocardiologists, sonographers and other cardiac ultrasound imaging specialists around the world."
Both vendors will will be displaying their technology at the American Society of Echocardiography's (ASE) 2022 Annual Scientific Session in Seattle, WA. June 10-13.
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Dave Fornell has covered healthcare for more than 17 years, with a focus in cardiology and radiology. Fornell is a 5-time winner of a Jesse H. Neal Award, the most prestigious editorial honors in the field of specialized journalism. The wins included best technical content, best use of social media and best COVID-19 coverage. Fornell was also a three-time Neal finalist for best range of work by a single author. He produces more than 100 editorial videos each year, most of them interviews with key opinion leaders in medicine. He also writes technical articles, covers key trends, conducts video hospital site visits, and is very involved with social media. E-mail: dfornell@innovatehealthcare.com