Forbes February 28, 2025
I have been following the rapid advances of artificial intelligence in medicine for the past few years, especially in my field of radiology. Present conventional wisdom among radiologists is that AI systems can do pretty well at some specialized tasks and can play an important role in improving patient care. But AI cannot (yet) replace human radiologists.
For example, a busy urban medical center might see dozens of patients per day who receive brain CT scans for suspected stroke or head injury. Currently available AI systems can review the images first and prioritize patients with likely internal bleeding for immediate evaluation by a human radiologist. The human radiologist will still read the scan and make the final diagnosis. But the...
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