European Society of Paediatric Radiology Artificial Intelligence taskforce: a new taskforce for the digital age.

Journal: Pediatric radiology
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Abstract

A new task force dedicated to artificial intelligence (AI) with respect to paediatric radiology was created in 2021 at the International Paediatric Radiology (IPR) meeting in Rome, Italy (a joint society meeting by the European Society of Pediatric Radiology [ESPR] and the Society for Pediatric Radiology [SPR]). The concept of a separate task force dedicated to AI was borne from an ESPR-led international survey of health care professionals' opinions, expectations and concerns regarding AI integration within children's imaging departments. In this survey, the majority (> 80%) of ESPR respondents supported the creation of a task force and helped define our key objectives. These include providing educational content about AI relevant for paediatric radiologists, brainstorming ideas for future projects and collaborating on AI-related studies with respect to collating data sets, de-identifying images and engaging in multi-case, multi-reader studies. This manuscript outlines the starting point of the ESPR AI task force and where we wish to go.

Authors

  • Lene Bjerke Laborie
    Department of Radiology, Section for Paediatrics, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
  • Jaishree Naidoo
    Paediatric Diagnostic Imaging and Envisionit Deep AI, Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • Erika Pace
    Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
  • Pierluigi Ciet
    Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Christine Eade
    University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK.
  • Matthias W Wagner
    Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Thierry A G M Huisman
    Edward B. Singleton Department of Radiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
  • Susan C Shelmerdine
    UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.