Rad-PAss: The Robot Radiology Physician Assistant

For the past many years, radiologists have lived in fear of AI. There are those who complain as well about radiological mid-levels, nurse-practitioners, physician assistants, etc., thinking that they, too, will encroach upon our territory. As you know from my previous entries on the subject, I personally don ' t buy into those fears. Artificial Intelligence and human helpers represent nothing more than assistants for us, ways to do our jobs better and faster. They will not replace us, I promise you.As with most things in this business, technology marches on, and we see progress of a sort we could not even imagine a few years ago. I am proud to announce today that thanks to a consortium of industry and intellectual powerhouses, including IBM, Facebook, the University of Maryland, the ACR, Johns Hopkins University, US Robotics, Harvard University, and the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation, we now have the next step in the evolution of our profession,The Robot Radiology Physician Assistant:It was only a matter of time until technology caught up to our needs, and here you see it in the flesh, er, silicon. We needed a non-threatening piece of machinery that could at once process images and help with those mundane radiological chores such as slinging barium, sticking needles, and shoving catheters. The Robot Radiology Physician Assistant, affectionately known as Rad-PAss, is the embodiment of these needs, a jack-of-all trades, of whom WE are the master. Rad-PAss ' s training is s...
Source: Dalai's PACS Blog - Category: Radiology Source Type: blogs