Toward Responsible Innovation: Synthesizing Progress and Charting the Ethical Future of AI in Medical Imaging
摘要
The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in medical imaging has transformed diagnostic and therapeutic practices, offering profound enhancements in accuracy, efficiency, and accessibility across diverse healthcare settings. This chapter synthesizes the collective insights presented throughout the book, highlighting the evolution from rule-based systems to deep learning and transformer-based models that now play a pivotal role in clinical workflows. Key advancements include automated image interpretation, multi-modal data integration, radiomic analysis, and the democratization of diagnostic capabilities through edge AI and mobile health applications. Furthermore, this chapter emphasizes the importance of interpretability, ethical deployment, and the development of inclusive datasets to ensure AI systems are reliable, equitable, and clinically relevant. It also underscores the shift of AI from a supportive tool to a collaborative agent in medicine, contributing to more personalized and data-driven care. By charting future directions grounded in responsibility, transparency, and interdisciplinary collaboration, this final chapter offers a roadmap for ethically guided innovation in AI-enabled medical imaging.