Chest X-ray showing collapsed lung, or pneumothorax. Image courtesy of Rachael Callcut, MD. New artificial intelligence-powered technology may soon help reduce delays in diagnosing a collapsed lung, ...

a type of collapsed lung. While the chest x-ray images of a suspected pneumothorax patient are often marked “STAT,” they can sit waiting for up to eight hours for a radiologist’s review 14.

If pneumothorax is suspected, an alert with the original chest X-ray, is sent to the radiologist to review. That technologist would also receive an on-device notification to highlight prioritized ...