Week in Review: AI industry news | ISCT 2025 coverage | Reimbursement for radiology AI

Dear AuntMinnie Member, 

Clinically oriented articles typically dominate our list of top stories, but this week, some significant AI industry news stole the limelight.  

Bayer’s decision to end its involvement in the radiology AI platform business was the most highly viewed story, followed by a report on GE HealthCare’s planned acquisition of MRI AI software developer icometrix. 

Readers were also interested in our continuing coverage of the International Society of Computed Tomography (ISCT) symposium in Brussels. Our third-most popular article highlighted a presentation on how to best allocate photon-counting CT resources. 

Other content from ISCT 2025 included stories on the use of CT for cardiometabolic screening and how radiologists can help reduce iodinated contrast media waste.  

Reimbursement has been an ongoing challenge for widespread adoption of radiology AI technology. A new study found that only about one-third of all software-as-a-service AI services billed to Medicare by radiologists are reimbursed. In other AI news, experts are extolling the potential benefits of “generalist” radiology AI. 

See below for the full list of our top stories from last week. 

  1. Bayer pivots away from AI platform business 

  2. GE bids for AI MRI software developer icometrix 

  3. ISCT: Mayo Clinic expert outlines how best to allocate PCCT resources 

  4. Medicare pays about one-third of radiology SaaS AI claims 

  5. Experts propose generalist radiology AI framework 

  6. Brain iron findings on MRI predict cognitive decline 

  7. ISCT: CT is an ideal imaging modality for cardiometabolic screening 

  8. Neuroradiology still lacks gender, racial/ethnic diversity 

  9. Cardiac MRI predicts risk of death in dilated cardiomyopathy 

  10. ISCT: Radiologists can help reduce iodinated contrast media waste 

  11. RT’s MRI, CT exam prep booklets help mitigate children’s anxieties 

  12. HPI: U.S. pediatric radiology workforce in decline 

  13. PET use increasing in diagnosing cardiac device infections 

  14. General-purpose LLMs can be used to track true critical findings

Erik L. Ridley
Editor in Chief
AuntMinnie.com