Arkansas’s Baptist Health is a leader in MRI scan AI technology

Little Rock, Arkansas – Artificial intelligence is still developing at a breakneck pace, and the medical industry is no exception.

Baptist Health has become Arkansas’s first hospital system to use new artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help interpret MRI results.

Icometrix, an AI medical imaging startup, has a contract with the hospital system to employ its state-of-the-art ‘icobrain’ AI software.

Icobrain software helps physicians identify neurological disorders including multiple sclerosis, dementia, and traumatic brain injury more rapidly and precisely by analyzing brain MRI data with better accuracy than the human eye.

Doctors can keep ahead of the curve and modify medications based on patient needs because the AI program can actually follow the evolution of diseases.

“The radiologist can use this software to identify issues early on and to identify items that they might overlook with their unaided eyes when taking the reading. When we’re looking at brain scans for patients, this technology will be a huge benefit,” stated Jessica Rivera, vice president of operations at Baptist Medical Center in North Little Rock.

Beginning with North Little Rock, Baptist Health plans to integrate icobrain into its neuroradiology services at all of the imaging facilities in the Arkansas hospital system.

When the healthcare system realized that Icometrix’s cutting-edge technology would be perfect for treating Alzheimer’s, it pursued a contract with the company.

“When we first started looking at Alzheimer’s patients and then doing the infusions to help their memory, we did some research and found this company, and it’s one of very few that are in the United States,” Rivera stated. “And so, when we looked and saw what they were able to do and bring this technology and help us care for patients, we decided that we wanted to sign a contract with them.”

Baptist Health’s capabilities have also been enhanced by AI technology, which has made the hospital system more effective.

“Baptist Health offers a variety of services that support us in our use of AI. In order to look at throughput—the speed and efficiency with which patients are moved from the hospital to their homes or nursing homes—we’re using it in various software programs,” Rivera stated.
“AI in the medical field is a gamechanger.”

The FDA only recently approved the icobrain AI software in January of last year.