Facebook, NYU School of Medicine join forces to boost MRI speed: 3 notes

Facebook and New York City-based NYU School of Medicine are collaborating to improve MRI technology.

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Here are three things to know:

1. The Facebook Artificial Intelligence Research group and NYU School of Medicine’s radiology department launched fastMRI, a project dedicated to make MRI scans up to 10 times faster though AI.

2. Faster MRI machines could be used in place of X-rays and CT scans for certain applications, minimizing patient radiation exposure.

3. The project will use imaging data collected exclusively by NYU. The project is HIPAA-compliant and will use no Facebook data of any kind.

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