Facebook, NYU team up to try to make MRI scans 10 times faster through artificial intelligence

AI research group DeepMind created the new tech that is able to spot key signs of eye disease just as well as the world's top doctors. Facebook is working with the NYU School of Medicine to shorten the length of time patients must spend in MRI scanners. Facebook's Artificial Intelligence Research (FAIR) group and the medical school's radiology department are investigating whether artificial intelligence can make magnetic resonance imaging scans up to 10 times faster. Such a development would not only reduce patient discomfort – scans can last 15 minutes to an hour – but also free up MRIs for more patients. "If this effort is successful, it will make MRI technology available to more people, expanding access to this key diagnostic tool," the research team says in a blog post on the Facebook website.