Artificial intelligence-enhanced echocardiography in the emergency department.

Journal: Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
Published Date: Aug 25, 2021

Abstract

A focused cardiac ultrasound performed by an emergency physician is becoming part of the standard assessment of patients in a variety of clinical situations. The development of inexpensive, portable handheld devices promises to make point-of-care ultrasound even more accessible over the coming decades. Many of these handheld devices are beginning to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) for image analysis. The integration of AI into focused cardiac ultrasound will have a number of implications for emergency physicians. This perspective presents an overview of the current state of AI research in echocardiography relevant to the emergency physician, as well as the future possibilities, challenges and risks of this technology.

Authors

  • Jonathon E Stewart
    Medical School, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
  • Adrian Goudie
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.
  • Ashes Mukherjee
    Medical School, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
  • Girish Dwivedi
    Department of Medicine, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, CRAWLEY Western Australia 6009, Australia.

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