Position paper on COVID-19 imaging and AI: From the clinical needs and technological challenges to initial AI solutions at the lab and national level towards a new era for AI in healthcare

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  • Hayit Greenspan
  • Raul San Jose Estepar
  • Wiro J. Niessen
  • Eliot Siegel
  • Nielsen, Mads

In this position paper, we provide a collection of views on the role of AI in the COVID-19 pandemic, from clinical requirements to the design of AI-based systems, to the translation of the developed tools to the clinic. We highlight key factors in designing system solutions - per specific task; as well as design issues in managing the disease at the national level. We focus on three specific use-cases for which AI systems can be built: early disease detection, management in a hospital setting, and building patient-specific predictive models that require the combination of imaging with additional clinical data. Infrastructure considerations and population modeling in two European countries will be described. This pandemic has made the practical and scientific challenges of making AI solutions very explicit. A discussion concludes this paper, with a list of challenges facing the community in the AI road ahead. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Original languageEnglish
Article number101800
JournalMedical Image Analysis
Volume66
Number of pages11
ISSN1361-8415
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

    Research areas

  • COVID-19, Imaging, AI

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