Scanning The Future, Radiologists See Their Jobs At Risk

He's sitting inside a dimly lit reading room, looking at digital images from the CT scan of a patient's chest, trying to figure out why he's short of breath. Health care companies like vRad, which has radiologists analyzing 7 million scans a year, provide data to partners that develop medical algorithms. Chief Medical Officer Eldad Elnekave says computers can detect diseases from images better than humans because they can multitask -- say, look for appendicitis while also checking for low bone density. Radiologist John Mongan is researching ways to use artificial intelligence in radiology.