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Crister Ceberg

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Artificial intelligence and the medical physics profession : a Swedish perspective

Författare

  • Jonas Andersson
  • Tufve Nyholm
  • Crister Ceberg
  • Anja Almén
  • Peter Bernhardt
  • Anette Fransson
  • Lars E Olsson

Summary, in English

Background
There is a continuous and dynamic discussion on artificial intelligence (AI) in present-day society. AI is expected to impact on healthcare processes and could contribute to a more sustainable use of resources allocated to healthcare in the future. The aim for this work was to establish a foundation for a Swedish perspective on the potential effect of AI on the medical physics profession.

Materials and methods
We designed a survey to gauge viewpoints regarding AI in the Swedish medical physics community. Based on the survey results and present-day situation in Sweden, a SWOT analysis was performed on the implications of AI for the medical physics profession.

Results
Out of 411 survey recipients, 163 responded (40%). The Swedish medical physicists with a professional license believed (90%) that AI would change the practice of medical physics but did not foresee (81%) that AI would pose a risk to their practice and career. The respondents were largely positive to the inclusion of AI in educational programmes. According to self-assessment, the respondents’ knowledge of and workplace preparedness for AI was generally low.

Conclusions
From the survey and SWOT analysis we conclude that AI will change the medical physics profession and that there are opportunities for the profession associated with the adoption of AI in healthcare. To overcome the weakness of limited AI knowledge, potentially threatening the role of medical physicists, and build upon the strong position in Swedish healthcare, medical physics education and training should include learning objectives on AI.

Avdelning/ar

  • Rausinglaboratoriet i Lund - Tumörsektionen
  • Medicinsk strålningsfysik, Lund
  • Radiotherapy Physics
  • LUCC: Lunds universitets cancercentrum
  • Medicinsk strålningsfysik, Malmö

Publiceringsår

2021-07-22

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

25-218

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Physica Medica

Volym

88

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

ISTITUTI EDITORIALI E POLGRAFICI INTERNAZIONALI

Ämne

  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging
  • Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy
  • Other Physics Topics

Status

Published

Forskningsgrupp

  • Rausing laboratory of Lund - Tumor section
  • Radiotherapy Physics
  • Medical Radiation Physics, Malmö

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1120-1797