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AI in Healthcare Landscape of the United States

1,376 AI in Healthcare companies in the United States, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, where they are based, which skills employers want and where the research is going. Updated August 2026.

1,376companies tracked
$27.2Bdisclosed funding
131hiring right now
649events · 24 months

Who leads AI in Healthcare in the United States

Shows 1,376 AI in Healthcare firms in the U.S., highlighting the 131 currently hiring and the 535 that have disclosed funding, with Axtria, Lila Sciences, and HeartFlow leading hiring and XtalPi, HeartFlow, Abridge Inc. best funded.

open roles
Hiring now
ranked by live open roles
  1. 01Axtria10last posted Aug 2026
  2. 02Lila Sciences10last posted Jun 2026
  3. 03HeartFlow10last posted Jun 2026
  4. 04SafelyYou10last posted Jun 2026
  5. 05Recursion Pharmaceuticals9last posted Jun 2026
  6. 06Karius8last posted Jun 2026
  7. 07Qualified Health8last posted Jun 2026
  8. 08Belle8last posted Jun 2026
131 companies hiring · 6 posted in the last 30 days
disclosed funding
Most funded
disclosed totals, all rounds
  1. 01XtalPi$1.3BPost IPO · Sep 2025
  2. 02HeartFlow$946.7MSeries F · Mar 2025
  3. 03Abridge Inc$778.4MSeries E · Jun 2025
  4. 04Tempus$760MSeries G · Oct 2022
  5. 05Generate Biomedicines$693MSeries C · Dec 2024
  6. 06Recursion Pharmaceuticals$676MPost IPO · Jul 2023
  7. 07Insitro$643.2MSeries C · Mar 2021
  8. 08Formation Bio$608.2MSeries D · May 2024
535 companies with disclosed rounds · $27.2B total
revenue
Revenue leaders
official filings first, else latest snapshot
  1. 01Innovaccer$45.8MFY2024 filing
  2. 02Personalis$15.5MFY2025 filing
  3. 03Generate Biomedicines$7.2MFY2026 filing
  4. 04Spectral$6.7MFY2025 filing
  5. 05Recursion Pharmaceuticals$6.5MFY2025 filing
  6. 06Doceree$4.3MFY2024 filing
  7. 07Relay Therapeutics$3MFY2022 filing
  8. 08Alpenglow Biosciences$201ksnapshot Jul 2024
10 companies with a revenue figure
headcount
Largest teams
ranked by tracked headcount
  1. 01Innovaccer1,003tracked employees
  2. 02Axtria749tracked employees
  3. 03PathAI573tracked employees
  4. 04AIdoc403tracked employees
  5. 05Recursion Pharmaceuticals400tracked employees
  6. 06Personalis310tracked employees
  7. 07In Silico300tracked employees
  8. 08Ubie250tracked employees
142 companies with headcount data
share of events
Share of voice
share of all tracked sector news events, 24 months
  1. 01Recursion Pharmaceuticals8.3%93 tracked events
  2. 02Spectral4.9%55 tracked events
  3. 03Innovaccer3.7%42 tracked events
  4. 04Aclarion3.5%39 tracked events
  5. 05Hippocratic AI3.0%34 tracked events
  6. 06ArisGlobal2.9%33 tracked events
  7. 07Suki2.7%30 tracked events
  8. 08Rad AI2.5%28 tracked events
1,124 tracked events across 133 companies
web reach
Most-used apps
the sites in this sector the web visits most
  1. 01Ubietop 50kubiehealth.com
  2. 02Consensustop 50kconsensus.app
  3. 03Speechifytop 50kspeechify.com
  4. 04Brain.fmtop 100kbrain.fm
  5. 05Prenuvotop 500kprenuvo.com
  6. 06Flatiron Healthtop 500kflatiron.com
  7. 07K Healthtop 1Mkhealth.com
  8. 08Abbytop 1Mabby.gg
368 companies here run a site with a measured audience · 18 of them sit inside the web’s top million
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How the AI in Healthcare ecosystem in the United States grew, 2016–2025

Lists the number of companies founded each year from 2016 to 2025, noting the highest count of 126 in 2023 and 58 in 2025.

Companies founded / year
new AI in Healthcare companies in the United States
2016: 742017: 1022018: 862019: 1102020: 1242021: 1042022: 752023: 1262024: 992025: 58
20162025
peak 126 in 2023
Companies raising / year
with a disclosed round that year
20162025
peak 128 in 2024
Disclosed funding / year
sum of disclosed rounds (USD)
2016: 793,920,5122017: 738,981,6982018: 1,653,713,5972019: 1,505,425,3722020: 2,692,959,5642021: 4,699,226,6262022: 2,699,549,6802023: 2,440,666,5392024: 3,125,348,7762025: 4,346,290,268
20162025
peak $4.7B in 2021

Where AI in Healthcare companies in the United States are based

Ranks U.S. cities by company count, with San Francisco hosting 142 firms, New York City 106, Boston 50, Cambridge 42, and Los Angeles 31.

San Francisco skyline — AI in Healthcare hub in the United States
Hub 01
San Francisco
142 AI in Healthcare companies
31% of the AI in Healthcare companies across these hubs
142companies
$5.3Bdisclosed funding
25hiring now
Photo Wikipedia · San Francisco · CC BY-SA 4.0
New York City skyline — AI in Healthcare hub in the United States
Hub 02
New York City
106 AI in Healthcare companies
23% of the AI in Healthcare companies across these hubs
106companies
$3.2Bdisclosed funding
14hiring now
Photo Wikipedia · New York City · CC BY-SA 4.0
Boston skyline — AI in Healthcare hub in the United States
Hub 03
Boston
50 AI in Healthcare companies
11% of the AI in Healthcare companies across these hubs
50companies
$1.5Bdisclosed funding
4hiring now
Photo Wikipedia · Boston · CC BY-SA 4.0
Cambridge skyline — AI in Healthcare hub in the United States
Hub 04
Cambridge
42 AI in Healthcare companies
9% of the AI in Healthcare companies across these hubs
42companies
$3.9Bdisclosed funding
8hiring now
Photo Wikipedia · Cambridge · CC BY-SA 4.0
Los Angeles skyline — AI in Healthcare hub in the United States
Hub 05
Los Angeles
31 AI in Healthcare companies
7% of the AI in Healthcare companies across these hubs
31companies
$279.9Mdisclosed funding
2hiring now
Photo Wikipedia · Los Angeles · CC BY-SA 4.0
San Diego skyline — AI in Healthcare hub in the United States
Hub 06
San Diego
29 AI in Healthcare companies
6% of the AI in Healthcare companies across these hubs
29companies
$390.3Mdisclosed funding
2hiring now
Photo Wikipedia · San Diego · CC BY-SA 4.0
Palo Alto, a AI in Healthcare hub in the United States
Hub 07
Palo Alto
28 AI in Healthcare companies
6% of the AI in Healthcare companies across these hubs
28companies
$607.8Mdisclosed funding
6hiring now
generated artwork
Seattle skyline — AI in Healthcare hub in the United States
Hub 08
Seattle
27 AI in Healthcare companies
6% of the AI in Healthcare companies across these hubs
27companies
$290.3Mdisclosed funding
1hiring now
Photo Wikipedia · Seattle · CC BY-SA 4.0

The AI in Healthcare market map of the United States: what these companies actually do

Breaks down product sub‑categories, showing healthtech (1,331) and enterprise tech (1,148) as the largest, and identifies subscription (1,262) as the most common revenue model.

  • Healthtech1,331 companies · $26.9B raised · 128 hiring
  • Enterprise Tech1,148 companies · $25.6B raised · 118 hiring
  • Enterprise Software915 companies · $21.9B raised · 99 hiring
  • Artificial Intelligence724 companies · $20.7B raised · 94 hiring
  • SaaS492 companies · $14.6B raised · 57 hiring
  • Digital Diagnostics Platforms461 companies · $6.8B raised · 33 hiring
  • Healthtech SaaS431 companies · $13.2B raised · 53 hiring
  • Life Sciences377 companies · $14.9B raised · 47 hiring
  • Consumer Digital286 companies · $2.8B raised · 16 hiring
  • Chronic Disease Management272 companies · $6.2B raised · 26 hiring
  • Deep Tech178 companies · $10.8B raised · 36 hiring
  • Life Sciences Analytics139 companies · $2.6B raised · 8 hiring

Monetization

How AI in Healthcare companies make money

How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.

Subscription1,262
Fee-For-Service64
E-Commerce - Product43
Physical Commerce39
Commission on Transaction21
Advertising19
E-Commerce - Service11
Licensing9

Funding, M&A and the deals moving AI in Healthcare in the United States

Funding 180Leadership 154Earnings 103M&A 52Announcement 40IPO 28Product 25Contracts 20Lawsuit 15Capital 12
  • FundingAclarion Inc. (Nasdaq: ACON), a Broomfield-based health-care technology that early this year raised $10.4 million through a stock sale, recently reported that its “existing cash resources are sufficient to fund operations into the second half of 2027.”2026-05-05
  • FundingTechcyte has now raised a total of $50.4M in total equity funding and is backed by Mayo Clinic, Van Tuyl Companies, and Zoetis.2026-05-04
  • M&AAzra AI acquires Thynk Health2026-05-01
  • M&AReliance Retail today announced that it has acquired actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas' haircare brand ‘Anomaly’, including its brand assets, digital properties and trademarks, in a move that significantly expands its beauty portfolio, the company said in a statement on 30 April.2026-04-30
  • FundingAidoc Raises $150M Series E for Clinical AI Scaling2026-04-29
  • IPORecursion, based in Salt Lake City, prefers to call itself a “TechBio” company—… went public in 2021 with a $436.4 million raise...2026-04-22
  • M&AAxtria, a global provider of AI‑first data analytics solutions for the life sciences industry, announced the acquisition of Conexus Solutions, a technology and managed services partner specializing in CRM transformation across the Veeva and Salesforce ecosystems.2026-04-19
  • FundingLatent Health secured $80 million in total funding from investors including Transformation Capital, Spark Capital, McKesson Ventures, Conviction, General Catalyst, and Y Combinator to scale its AI platform for medication access.2026-04-09
  • FundingSift, an El Segundo, Calif. startup, secured a $42 million Series B to develop its platform for collecting and processing data from AI-driven hardware systems.2026-04-02
  • IPOGenerate Biomedicines had issued 25,000,000 shares in its public offering on February 27th. The total size of the offering was $400,000,000 based on an initial share price of $16.00.2026-04-01

Mergers and acquisitions

Deals from the last 24 months where a AI in Healthcare company in the United States was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.

AcquirerTargetDeal valueStatusDate
reliance retailAnomalyundisclosedCompleted2026-05-05
AzraThynk HealthundisclosedAnnounced2026-05-01
Axtriaconexus solutionsundisclosedAnnounced2026-04-19
ARK InvestRecursion PharmaceuticalsundisclosedAnnounced2026-02-27
InsitroCombinAble.AIundisclosedCompleted2026-02-20
paradigm healthFlatiron HealthundisclosedAnnounced2025-12-10

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Details notable events such as IPO filings, leadership changes, product launches, and contract wins for companies in the sector.

IPO pipeline
7 companies listed or filing · last 24 months
Leadership moves
47 tracked people moves · last 12 months
  • KinoTekDr. Darin Padua · Appointment → Scientific AdvisorMay 2026
  • KinoTekDr. Mark Sakr · Appointment → Scientific AdvisorMay 2026
  • Recursion PharmaceuticalsChris Gibson, Ph.D. · Departure → Strategic AdvisorApr 2026
  • AclarionDaniel Keefe · Appointment → Commercial Director, Western U.S.Apr 2026
  • SpectralDavid McGuire · Appointment → Chief Financial OfficerApr 2026
  • SpectralVincent S. Capone · Promotion → Chief Executive OfficerApr 2026
  • ArteraDamon Lanphear · Appointment → Chief Technology OfficerApr 2026
  • SpectralVincent Capone · Appointment → Chief Executive OfficerMar 2026
Product launches
tracked launches · last 12 months
  • Lantern PharmawithZeta.ai (AI platform for rare cancer drug discovery)Apr 2026
  • DocereeSite LLMFeb 2026
  • PathAIAISight Dx (Digital Pathology Platform)Feb 2026
  • Axtria2026 U.S. Incentive Compensation Benchmarking Study (Benchmarking Study)Feb 2026
  • AxtriaU.S. Incentive Compensation Benchmarking Study (2026 Edition) (Benchmarking Study)Feb 2026
  • DocereeAdManager (Ad Management Platform)Jan 2026
  • UnityAIAgentic AI Suite (Agentic AI platform for patient engagement and provider operations)Sep 2025
Contract wins
10 customer wins · last 24 months
Workforce actions
4 companies cutting roles · last 24 months
Regulatory & litigation
2 regulatory events · 11 tracked suits · 24 months
  • iCADapproved for use with Hologic\'s system — FDAFeb 2025
  • Recursion Pharmaceuticalsapproved — authoritiesJan 2025
  • Lantheus investors v lantheus holdingssecurities fraud · FiledNov 2025
  • Investors who acquired Lantheus Holdings, Inc. v lantheus holdingssecurities fraud class action · FiledNov 2025
Earnings pulse
companies reporting results · last 24 months
16 companies reporting115 company-quarters trackedbeat 20miss 18in line 2

Half of these companies grew revenue faster than +15.0%, half slower.

Who is building AI in Healthcare in the United States

Founders and chief executives12 of 1,180, from the best-funded companies on this page
John Farquhar
President and Chief Executive Officer
John Farquhar

Heartflow, ex-Medtronic, ex-General Mills, Duke University

Zachary Lipton
Co-Founder & CTO
Zachary Lipton

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer-Abridge · Ex-Amazon Web Services · Columbia University BA 2007, UC San Diego MS 2015, PhD 2017

Eric Lefkofsky
Founder & CEO
Eric Lefkofsky
repeat founder

Co-Founder Groupon, Lightbank, MediaBank, ex-Founder Echo Global Logistics. University of Michigan 1991, University of Michigan Law School JD 1994

Molly Gibson
Co-Founder
Molly Gibson

Ex-Kaleido Biosciences, Boeing. Truman State University BS 2009, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis PhD 2015

Dean Li
Co-Founder and Board Member
Dean Li

Merck, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, 1990

Daphne Koller
Founder and CEO
Daphne Koller

Engageli, ex-Coursera, ex-Calicolabs, UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS), 1995

Linhao Zhang
Co-Founder
Linhao Zhang

Founder Foundation 649, ex-Co-Founder Day 7 Photography, Oscar Insurance, salesforce.com. The University of Texas at Austin BSc 2013

James Min
Founder & CEO
James Min

Ex-Weill Cornell Medicine. Temple University - Lewis Katz School of Medicine MD

Elad Walach
Co-Founder & CEO
Elad Walach

Ex-Talpiot, IAF. The Hebrew University BSc 2009, Tel Aviv University MS 2014

Sandeep Gupta
Co-Founder, COO & President
Sandeep Gupta

Ex-Ingersoll Rand, Tata Consultancy Services · Institute of Engineering and Technology BTech 2008, IIM Ahmedabad MBA 2011

David Shaw
Co-Founder
David Shaw
repeat founder

UC San Diego BA 1972, Stanford University PhD 1980

Alex Zhavoronkov
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Alex Zhavoronkov

Founder & CEO Insilico Medicine, ex- Founder & CEO Deep Longevity, NeuroG, ATI Technologies. Queen's University, Lomonosov Moscow State University PhD

Where the founders studied
alma mater on record for 329 of 1,180 founders
Stanford University60
University of California (Berkeley)31
Harvard University31
Massachusetts Institute of Technology24
University of Pennsylvania16
Duke University14
Columbia University13
University of Chicago13
Where they worked before
a previous employer on record for 48 of 1,180 founders
Google17
Microsoft8
Amazon6
Facebook4
McKinsey3
Intel3
Bain2
Morgan Stanley2
Founders flagged as repeat founders
of 1,110 founders with a profile on this page
13
carry a repeat-founder flag
  • flagged as repeat founders13
  • no repeat-founder flag1,097
Women and men among the founders
first names matched for 1,019 of 1,180 founders
13%
of matched founders are women
  • women129
  • men890
Inferred from first names, using 119 million people who state their own gender: a first name counts only where at least 20 of them share it and at least 90% of those share the same gender. The other 161 founders go in neither column.
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Who funds AI in Healthcare in the United States

Records 1,436 funding rounds since 2016 from 1,520 investors, with a typical round size of $4 million.

Investor · most active investors since 2016RoundsLedLatest
HHS132Dec 2025
Y Combinator5820Mar 2026
National Science Foundation34Aug 2024
General Catalyst3314Apr 2026
Andreessen Horowitz3217Nov 2025
DCVC247Aug 2025
Insight Partners2116Nov 2025
8VC188Dec 2025
Khosla Ventures1711Jan 2026
Bessemer Venture Partners156Sep 2025
Stage mix · rounds since 2016
Seed & Angel478
Series A–B496
Series C+ / PE154
Grants, debt & other308

The typical round is $4M — half were bigger, half smaller.

The biggest AI in Healthcare funding rounds in the United States

Highlights the largest disclosed round—XtalPi’s $400 million Series D—and lists ten other large recent funding rounds.

CompanyRoundSizeWhenBackers
XtalPiSeries Dmega-round$400MAug 2021Orbimed, 5Y Capital, HSG
Relay TherapeuticsSeries Cmega-round$400MDec 2018Google Ventures, Casdin Capital, BVF Partners +6 more
InsitroSeries Cmega-round$400MMar 2021CPP Investments, Andreessen Horowitz, Casdin Capital +10 more
Formation BioSeries Dmega-round$372.2MMay 2024Andreessen Horowitz, Sanofi, Sequoia Capital +5 more
Generate BiomedicinesSeries Bmega-round$370MNov 2021Flagship Pioneering, ADIA, Alaska Permanent Fund +5 more
XtalPiSeries Cmega-round$318.8MSep 2020SoftBank Vision Fund, People's Insurance Company of China, 5Y Capital +11 more
Abridge IncSeries Emega-round$315.9MJun 2025Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures
Generate BiomedicinesSeries Cmega-round$273MSep 2023Amgen, Mirae Asset Capital, Pictet Group +7 more
In SilicoSeries Cmega-round$255MJun 2021Warburg Pincus, Qiming Venture Partners, Eight Roads Ventures +14 more
Abridge IncSeries Dmega-round$250MFeb 2025Elad Gil, IVP, Bessemer Venture Partners +9 more
Venture round sizes · 2023–2025
<$1M69
$1–10M119
$10–50M81
$50–250M52
>$250M4

325 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.

Fresh cheques · last 6 months

AI in Healthcare jobs in the United States: who is hiring and what they ask for

Aggregates 4,732 job postings from 187 employers in the last year, with median pay $105 k annually and top skill demands including Excel, Python, PowerPoint, Word, and Microsoft Office.

4,732postings · last 12 months
7,640postings tracked overall
187employers advertising
$105kmedian advertised salary/yr (n=362)

Demand

The Skills Employers Ask For

What AI in Healthcare employers in the United States put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.

  • excel189
  • python177
  • powerpoint126
  • word122
  • microsoft office113
  • sap83
  • outlook81
  • cgmp67
  • sql67
  • aws61
What level are these roles?
Entry105
Intern14
Senior802
Lead566
Manager1,054
What they pay, by level
  • Manager$140k/yr (n=77)
  • Senior$140k/yr (n=34)
Most advertised titles
  • Attorney - Entry Level75
  • Become A Paid Clinical Research Participant. Up To $3,000/Trial34
  • Software Engineer, Platform30
  • Dog Sitter30
  • Social Media Manager30
  • Pet Sitter29

What AI in Healthcare research in the United States is working on

Covers 634 U.S.-affiliated academic papers, of which 544 discuss opportunities, 15 note cautions, and 14 identify common problems.

How this field talks about itself
United States-affiliated AI in Healthcare papers (gold) against all published research (grey)
Promising50.8% · 37.2%1.4×
Breakthrough35.0% · 26.3%1.3×
Comparative6.5% · 3.8%1.7×
Descriptive3.2% · 17.7%0.2×
Cautionary2.4% · 4.6%0.5×
Problem-identifying1.9% · 9.4%0.2×

United States-affiliated AI in Healthcare literature runs 1.4× more “promising” than science at large (50.8% vs 37.2% baseline).

How the work is done
Methods-led74.1%
Empirical18.6%
Reviews6.3%
Position pieces0.9%
How the research reads

99% positive · 1% neutral · 0% negative, across 634 papers.

The institutions doing the work · United States
  • National Center for Biotechnology Information4k
  • National Institutes of Health4k
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey3k
  • University of Chicago2k
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute2k
  • General Electric2k

ranked by how often their work is cited

Leading researchers · United States-affiliated work

Xiaosong Wang · Le Lu · Yifan Peng · Zhiyong Lu · Mohammadhadi Bagheri · Anant Madabhushi · Metin N. Gürcan · Laura E. Boucheron

The most-cited breakthroughs
  • ChestX-Ray8: Hospital-Scale Chest X-Ray Database and Benchmarks on Weakly-Supervised Classification and Localization of Common Thorax Diseases · 3k cites
  • A curated mammography data set for use in computer-aided detection and diagnosis research · 761 cites
  • Lung Segmentation in Chest Radiographs Using Anatomical Atlases With Nonrigid Registration · 650 cites
  • A deep feature fusion methodology for breast cancer diagnosis demonstrated on three imaging modality datasets · 389 cites
  • A Boosted Bayesian Multiresolution Classifier for Prostate Cancer Detection From Digitized Needle Biopsies · 257 cites
Common problems researchers identify14 papers · 2 recurring themes
Challenges in Computer‑Aided Diagnosis — Common problems researchers identify
Problems · theme 01
Challenges in Computer‑Aided Diagnosis
7 papers · 50.0% of this block
2022: 69 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 77 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 97 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 60 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 69 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 77 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 97 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 60 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▼ -13% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Researchers highlight limitations of current detection and diagnosis systems for CT colonography and related imaging.
Computer-aided diagnosis · Medical physics
“Evaluation of computer-aided detection and diagnosis systems<sup>a)</sup>”
7 of these papers raise it as a problem
Segmentation and Diagnosis Difficulties — Common problems researchers identify
Problems · theme 02
Segmentation and Diagnosis Difficulties
3 papers · 21.4% of this block
2022: 690 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 703 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 774 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 906 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 690 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 703 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 774 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 906 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▲ +31% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Papers point out obstacles in segmenting images and diagnosing pulmonary nodules with existing AI tools.
Segmentation · Computer-aided diagnosis
“How AI Can Help in the Diagnostic Dilemma of Pulmonary Nodules”
3 of these papers raise it as a problem

A further 4 papers sit in smaller, scattered themes.

Cautions15 papers · 2 recurring themes
Safety Concerns in Breast Imaging — Cautions
Cautions · theme 01
Safety Concerns in Breast Imaging
8 papers · 53.3% of this block
2022: 1,290 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 1,667 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 1,451 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 1,346 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 1,290 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 1,667 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 1,451 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 1,346 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▲ +4% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Authors urge careful validation of CAD performance for digital mammography and breast cancer detection.
Mammography · Breast cancer · Digital mammography · Computer-aided diagnosis
“Computer-aided detection of breast masses depicted on full-field digital mammograms: a performance assessment”
8 of these papers raise it as a problem
Risks in Colonoscopy CAD Use — Cautions
Cautions · theme 02
Risks in Colonoscopy CAD Use
4 papers · 26.7% of this block
Studies caution against over‑reliance on AI for colonoscopy interpretation and highlight potential diagnostic gaps.
Colonoscopy · Computer-aided diagnosis
“Computer-aided diagnosis for colonoscopy”
4 of these papers raise it as a problem

A further 3 papers sit in smaller, scattered themes.

Opportunities533 papers · 7 recurring themes
Advanced Breast Imaging Techniques — Opportunities
Opportunities · theme 01
Advanced Breast Imaging Techniques
125 papers · 23.5% of this block
2022: 1,291 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 1,668 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 1,451 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 1,347 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 1,291 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 1,668 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 1,451 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 1,347 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▲ +4% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Work explores deep‑learning models for mammography, MRI, and ultrasound to improve breast cancer classification.
Mammography · Breast cancer · Pattern recognition · Breast MRI
“Improved Classification of Benign and Malignant Breast Lesions Using Deep Feature Maximum Intensity Projection MRI in Breast Cancer Diagnosi”
Radiology Workflow Enhancements — Opportunities
Opportunities · theme 02
Radiology Workflow Enhancements
122 papers · 22.9% of this block
2022: 1,143 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 1,057 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 1,033 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 516 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 1,143 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 1,057 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 1,033 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 516 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▼ -55% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Papers propose AI‑driven tools to streamline diagnosis of renal function and other radiology tasks.
Computer-aided diagnosis · Renal function · Radiology · Workflow
“A Computer Aided Diagnosis System in Mammography Using Artificial Neural Networks”
Lung Nodule Detection Innovations — Opportunities
Opportunities · theme 03
Lung Nodule Detection Innovations
100 papers · 18.8% of this block
2022: 1,294 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 1,316 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 1,258 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 1,138 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 1,294 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 1,316 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 1,258 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 1,138 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▼ -12% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Research focuses on novel features and networks to boost CT‑based pulmonary nodule classification.
Nodule · Lung cancer · Lung · Computer-aided diagnosis
“Computer‐aided diagnosis of pulmonary nodules on CT scans: Improvement of classification performance with nodule surface features”
General Pattern‑Recognition Advances — Opportunities
Opportunities · theme 04
General Pattern‑Recognition Advances
94 papers · 17.6% of this block
2022: 1,513 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 1,437 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 1,311 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 1,613 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 1,513 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 1,437 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 1,311 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 1,613 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▲ +7% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Studies develop CNN‑based segmentation and feature extraction methods for diverse medical imaging applications.
Pattern recognition · Segmentation · Convolutional neural network · Feature extraction
“Brain Tumor Classification via Statistical Features and Back-Propagation Neural Network”
False‑Positive Reduction Strategies — Opportunities
Opportunities · theme 05
False‑Positive Reduction Strategies
41 papers · 7.7% of this block
2022: 123 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 104 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 82 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 100 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 123 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 104 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 82 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 100 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▼ -18% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Works aim to lower spurious detections in breast and colon imaging through refined algorithms.
False positive paradox · Computer-aided diagnosis · Software · Nodule
“Computer-Aided Tumor Detection Based on Multi-Scale Blob Detection Algorithm in Automated Breast Ultrasound Images”
Virtual Colonoscopy Enhancements — Opportunities
Opportunities · theme 06
Virtual Colonoscopy Enhancements
26 papers · 4.9% of this block
Papers introduce sophisticated CAD schemes to improve polyp detection in CT colonography.
Virtual colonoscopy · Computer-aided diagnosis · Colonoscopy · Partial volume
“CT colonography: Advanced computer‐aided detection scheme utilizing MTANNs for detection of “missed” polyps in a multicenter clinical trial”
Prostate Cancer Imaging Progress — Opportunities
Opportunities · theme 07
Prostate Cancer Imaging Progress
25 papers · 4.7% of this block
2022: 92 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 97 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 86 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 69 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 92 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 97 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 86 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 69 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▼ -25% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Research presents 3D CNN approaches for grading and early diagnosis of prostate lesions.
Prostate cancer · Prostate · Effective diffusion coefficient · Grading
“Classification of clinical significance of MRI prostate findings using 3D convolutional neural networks”

Which of these themes are growing fastest

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Problems
how much more (or less) of the world’s research on this subject each theme took up, 2022→2025
gaining sharelosing share
Segmentation and Diagnosis Difficulties▲+31%
Challenges in Computer‑Aided Diagnosis▼-13%
Cautions
how much more (or less) of the world’s research on this subject each theme took up, 2022→2025
gaining sharelosing share
Safety Concerns in Breast Imaging▲+4%
Opportunities
how much more (or less) of the world’s research on this subject each theme took up, 2022→2025
gaining sharelosing share
General Pattern‑Recognition Advances▲+7%
Advanced Breast Imaging Techniques▲+4%
Lung Nodule Detection Innovations▼-12%
False‑Positive Reduction Strategies▼-18%
Prostate Cancer Imaging Progress▼-25%
Radiology Workflow Enhancements▼-55%
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