ACR creates platform to engage radiologists in AI development

The American College of Radiology Data Science Institute (ACR DSI) introduced a new software platform April 5 aimed at better engaging radiologists in the creation, validation and use of AI models.

The platform—deemed the ACR AI-LAB—will allow radiologists to interact with AI using their own data at their own facilities, behind their own secure firewalls, according to a release from the ACR.

“Acquiring the necessary large amounts of patient data for algorithm training has been a huge problem for developers up to this point,” Keith Dreyer, DO, PhD, chief science officer at ACR DSI, said in the release. “Consequently, AI has been slow to develop and has...