00:00When someone arrives at the ER with severe belly pain, every minute counts.
00:04Researchers at the University of Colorado have built an AI agent to help.
00:09It reads ultrasounds of the upper right abdomen.
00:11That area includes the liver, gallbladder, and right kidney.
00:15It then checks for 16 common diagnoses and drafts a report.
00:18The team tested it on about 11,000 ultrasounds from three major medical centers.
00:23In a reviewed sample of 100 reports, it identified the correct diagnoses 99.6% of the time.
00:31It made some errors in the full reports, but reviewers caught them easily.
00:35It could also flag patients who need urgent surgery, like those with an inflamed gallbladder.
00:40Still, the researchers stress it isn't meant to replace radiologists.
00:44Instead, it writes first drafts for a radiologist to check and edit.
00:48The goal is faster answers for patients in pain.
00:51Disclosure. This video contains stock footage and content created, or enhanced, using AI-assisted tools.
