PACS/IT/AI

Only two things are certain, death and taxes. This article is written with a heavy heart. My brother called me to let me know my 42-year-old niece was told she may not make it through the weekend. I jumped on a plane and flew to their home.

In my effort to explain artificial intelligence (AI), I am struck by how hard it is to explain human intelligence.

For us to use AI effectively we must have it perform a task that we value in human intelligence. How is that task selected?

This Foundational Model ChatGPT, sometimes referred to as Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), is equal to the average intelligence of a high schooler’s general knowledge in science, art, music and history.

The future of AI in imaging is being built today, but it will look much different in 5 years.

Among the great challenges posed to democracy today is the use of technology, data and automated systems in ways that threaten the rights of the American public.

Artificial imaging can describe the patterns and recognize the pixels. The patient deserves the thoughtful product of true artists that is not generalized or homogenized.

I was reviewing a portable X-ray contract last week when the salesperson sent an addendum that listed an add-on for $14,870. I picked up the phone and called the salesperson. 

A vendor of a radiation-generating device cannot insure the safe administration of the proper dose. This is why, as an open advocate of medical imaging AI, I feel obligated to share with you this letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

We are at the beginning of the transformation for medical imaging artificial intelligence (MIAI). Currently, less than 30 percent of U.S. health care providers are using it. I am concerned about training the staff to support this new innovation. Will the current PACS administrators be tasked with the support and care of MIAI?