8th Baltic Congress of Radiology

08.10.2022 Tallinn, Estonia

Artificial intelligence in medical imaging: threat or opportunity?

Maija Radzina (Latvia)

Assoc.Prof.MD, PhD, Radiologist, Riga Stradins University

Biography: President of Latvian Radiology Association and Chief of RSU Radiology Research laboratory. She is well known as a passionate educator in clinical radiology, diligent researcher, and opinion leader in the Baltic countries and Europe. Her research has been devoted to innovative methods in vascular, endocrine, hepatobiliary and oncology imaging: CT perfusion, contrast-enhanced ultrasound, US elastography, PET/CT, and furthermore computer science developments in Artificial Intelligence.

Keynote speech

Black Box

Synopsis: Artificial intelligence is claimed as the future perspective of medical imaging with a threat to replace a radiologist, as an answer to the increasing demand, high volume of examinations, and shortage of radiologists. The lecture will give the overview of current concepts in Europe, AI impact for medical imaging with emphasis on challenges for AI implementation, precision and responsibility, that proves necessity for interdisciplinary teamwork of radiologists with IT specialists and healthcare managers.

This agenda item is presented in the following session: S1 - BCR Plenary Session

Plenary session

07.10.2022 09:00 - 10:30