Dr. Robert Peters became a radiologist after seeing how noninvasive imaging can help diagnose disease. Now as Medical Director of Cardiac Imaging for RadNet East, he uses advanced, AI-powered and noninvasive imaging to help patients see signs of cardiac disease that conventional risk calculators often fail to detect. Imaging breakthroughs like cardiac CT and cardiac MRI inspire RadNet patients to make heart-healthy choices, and they make Dr. Peters proud in contributing to RadNet’s unending push for innovation.
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0:00 Radiology is different. It's not something that you get a whole lot of exposure to as a medical student.
0:04 I found a laboratory that was doing some advanced neuroimaging using MRI.
0:15 And this is the mid '90s, so MRI is sort of just coming into its own.
0:17 That experience really showed me how non-invasive imaging can significantly impact patient care and patient outcomes.
0:31 I realized that imaging was where I wanted to focus for my career.
0:38 Half the people who have heart attacks — especially young people — have no risk factor.
0:43 When you're able to see plaque yourself and identify that you have something that's building up, you're able to feel confident that taking medicine we know helps prevent heart attacks is going to help you.
1:04 And so that ability to first diagnose coronary artery disease, and then help people understand why it's important to take medicine.
1:15 The cardiac AI that I use actually looks beyond that and adds something a human being wouldn't be able to do without it.
1:26 We're taking imaging data that has stuff hidden in it that a human can't perceive, but a computer can.
1:35 And that's where I see the biggest benefit — this technology is helping me better diagnose patients.
1:44 So, do they need an angiogram?
1:47 Do they need medicine? Do they need to be left alone?
1:49 All those things — this technology helps me decide.
1:56 Radnet has been a leader in the technology, in innovation.
1:59 If there is something that will help patients, we get it.
2:04 That's the kind of organization you want to be a part of.