Top AI, clinical innovation stories of 2018

From diagnostics and imaging to estimating the market impact of AI in the future, new AI and other innovative technologies caught the attention of many in the healthcare industry this year. Here are AI in Healthcare's top 10 AI and clinical innovation stories from 2018. A report released by Signify Research estimated the global market for AI in medical imaging is expected to see significant growth in the years ahead, topping $2 billion by 2023. Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) in Boston developed "surgery in a pill" to treat type 2 diabetes by lowering blood glucose levels after a meal, with the approach detailed in a study. Cleveland Clinic physicians and scientists named the utilization of AI in healthcare as the second most important medical innovation for 2019.