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1) I understand there's more to it than that which is why I called out imaging analysis at some point during my post. 2) I said over "for the most part". Ther
by WhitneyLand 7y ago
1) I understand there's more to it than that which is why I called out imaging analysis at some point during my post.
2) I said over "for the most part". There are still travel agents today you know.
Please understand, the argument is not that they will not exist, but that there will be a greatly diminished job market unless imaging demand grows tremendously. And also that the nature of the job will be much different and probably see salaries stagnate.
3) Given your "call me when" scenario I would need ask specifics to properly respond. However at a superficial level I'm not sure I see any kind of millennium prize class problem at first glance.
- rscho 7y agoThe job of a radiologist is to construct a story that holds water around the diagnosis and communicate that to other specialists, so they can use that to understand the problem at hand. Concretely, a radiologist may say "there is a lesion compatible with your presumption of diagnosis X, however another neighbouring lesion Y speaks against diagnosis X. In light of patient history, further examination of lesion Y by modality Z is advised". That's the minimum we expect, otherwise we wouldn't need radiologists because many specialists can analyze the images relevant to their specialty themselves. I don't deny it will be possible to automate in the future, but currently not possible. Radiologists are useful, and their job lies beyond matters of image description.
- WhitneyLand 7y agoSounds like we're in perfect agreement on the critical points and the only debate would be around the timeframe (10 years or ?). - It will be possible to automate a large % of a radiologists job in the future, it's currently not possible. - Radiologists are useful and their job lies beyond matters of image description