Dr. Janet Storella shares how artificial intelligence has transformed her breast imaging practice. Initially skeptical of AI in radiology, Dr. Storella explains how RadNet’s AI tools became a true game changer—helping improve cancer detection rates while adding an important quality assurance step to mammogram interpretation. In this video, Dr. Storella reflects on the human side of breast imaging: behind every mammogram is a patient, a life, and the opportunity to detect cancer earlier.
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0:00 Hi, I'm Janet Sterella and I'm a radiologist with Radnet. My practice is in Bethesda, Maryland, which is one of
0:07 the Washington DC suburbs. And I came to Radnet about 8 years ago after a long sojourn in private practice in the area.
0:16 And I saw it as a tremendous opportunity and never looked back and it's just been a fabulous ride. One of the
0:23 opportunities that I've had with Radnet is I also get to focus on the cutting edge science of what we're doing
0:31 and this is the artificial intelligence piece of our practice. I was asked early on if I would help participate in the
0:39 development of our artificial intelligence products. And I'll be honest with you at the beginning I said guys this is a load of you know what I I I don't see any future in this.
0:50 I'm just going to tell you they are a complete game changer in our practice. My cancer detection rate jumped by two per
0:57 thousand which is an enormous amount in the space of 6 months. I mean this is unheard of to see this kind of an
1:05 improvement in your own practice. And honestly my recall rate didn't change very much.
1:11 I saw a significant improvement in my own clinical performance using our AI
1:19 product. We've already talked about how this increases our cancer detection rates. It also has a quality assurance step in it which is I would say profoundly changes our practice.
1:32 This is huge. This safeguard step this is part of why I say our artificial intelligence products are game changers.
1:39 Every woman's mammogram I look at, there's a woman there.
1:45 And can I save her life? That's what it comes down to.