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Scanners, shortfalls and stark statistics
Investment in scanners, and in the NHS estate more widely, is a good thing. Nonetheless, having more scanners does not by itself equal lower waiting lists.
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Conversations are happening across the globe to discuss how AI could improve healthcare, and the risks and benefits in each scenario. The Royal College of Radiologists is working hard to be the voice of our specialties when it comes to AI in healthcare.
LEARN MOREArtificial Intelligence (AI) products are developing rapidly in the field of medical imaging and a wave of deployment is expected in the near future. This may take place in a clinical setting either whilst an algorithm is under evaluation or once approved.
We are collating a first-of-its-kind registry of all AI deployed in imaging
across the UK, and working on how to practically quality assure algorithms once deployed.
Embracing AI to support the NHS in delivering early diagnoses
The Royal College of Radiologists and The Royal College of Pathologists have published a joint report following a meeting they co-chaired at 10 Downing Street to discuss the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in the NHS.
Read the report
Overcoming barriers
Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools have long been anticipated as potentially transformative for diagnostic imaging. In our AI stakeholder day, we discussed some of the potential barriers to implementation, and how to overcome them.
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AI support for interpretation of images
Taking hold of the emerging development in AI, The Royal College of Radiologists recently held a forum that brought together clinicians, academics and researchers from the worlds of computer science, mathematics and medicine.
Guidance for the identification of lung diseases
HSIB have recommended that the NHS ‘develops guidance to support independent benchmarking and validation of artificial intelligence algorithms for the identification of lung diseases such as cancer’. The College has taken up the development of this guidance in collaboration with a number of global societies.
NIHR workshop recordings
In December 2023, we hosted an AI-focused workshop run jointly with the National Institute for Health and Care Research.
Many of the talks were recorded, and can be found by clicking the link below.
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