Artificial Intelligence for Cars May Drive Future of Healthcare

The same artificial intelligence that may soon drive your new car is being adapted to help drive interventional radiology care for patients. Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), have used advanced artificial intelligence, also called machine learning, to create a "chatbot" or Virtual Interventional Radiologist (VIR). This device communicates automatically with a patient's physicians and can quickly offer evidence-based answers to frequently asked questions. The scientists will present their research today at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 2017 annual scientific meeting in Washington, D.C. This breakthrough will allow clinicians to give patients real-time information on interventional radiology procedures as well as planning the next step of their treatment.