Following on the European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP) editorial on Artificial Intelligence in relation to the medical physics profession [[1] ], and in order to meet the educational needs of the Medical Physicist (MP) in this new area of AI, EFOMP announced in June 2019 the creation of a 2 years Working Group (WG) entitled “Artificial Intelligence (AI)”. The expected outcomes are an AI for Medical Physicists (MPs) Curricular and Professional Program as well as an EFOMP European School of Medical Physics Expert (ESMPE) AI module. EFOMP identified the need for Medical physicists (MPs) to take up their stakeholders’ role in the era of AI in medicine, by updating their training and education programs. This is also clearly stated in the EU RP174 presenting European Guidelines on Medical Physics Expert and strengthening the importance of education and training as the foundations of the MP profession [[2] ]. It is within this context that the EFOMP WG on AI proposed to the Editor-in-Chief of EJMP a focus issue (FI) dedicated to AI in medical physics. The idea was to gather in one Physica Medica volume the most important topics addressed in the curriculum, for the education and training of European Medical Physicists (MPs). Having received the enthusiastic approval of the Editor, who suggested to widen the scope of this Focus Issue to current research aspects in the field of AI, we were asked to act as Guest Editors. We were honoured and humbly accepted the task. This FI aims at providing a summary of the techniques and applications of AI in medical physics. It also addresses common pitfalls associated with these technologies. Because the application of AI in medicine in general and in medical physics in particular has seen an unprecedented increase in the recent years, the medical physicist profession has to keep pace with these changes, and we hope that this Focus Issue will provide a guide for MPs who are, or will be involved, in this exciting field.
Focus issue: Artificial intelligence in medical physics / Zanca, F.; Avanzo, M.; Colgan, N.; Crijns, W.; Guidi, G.; Hernandez-Giron, I.; Kagadis, G. C.; Diaz, O.; Zaidi, H.; Russo, P.; Toma-Dasu, I.; Kortesniemi, M.. - In: PHYSICA MEDICA. - ISSN 1120-1797. - 83:(2021), pp. 287-291. [10.1016/j.ejmp.2021.05.008]
Focus issue: Artificial intelligence in medical physics
Russo P.;
2021
Abstract
Following on the European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP) editorial on Artificial Intelligence in relation to the medical physics profession [[1] ], and in order to meet the educational needs of the Medical Physicist (MP) in this new area of AI, EFOMP announced in June 2019 the creation of a 2 years Working Group (WG) entitled “Artificial Intelligence (AI)”. The expected outcomes are an AI for Medical Physicists (MPs) Curricular and Professional Program as well as an EFOMP European School of Medical Physics Expert (ESMPE) AI module. EFOMP identified the need for Medical physicists (MPs) to take up their stakeholders’ role in the era of AI in medicine, by updating their training and education programs. This is also clearly stated in the EU RP174 presenting European Guidelines on Medical Physics Expert and strengthening the importance of education and training as the foundations of the MP profession [[2] ]. It is within this context that the EFOMP WG on AI proposed to the Editor-in-Chief of EJMP a focus issue (FI) dedicated to AI in medical physics. The idea was to gather in one Physica Medica volume the most important topics addressed in the curriculum, for the education and training of European Medical Physicists (MPs). Having received the enthusiastic approval of the Editor, who suggested to widen the scope of this Focus Issue to current research aspects in the field of AI, we were asked to act as Guest Editors. We were honoured and humbly accepted the task. This FI aims at providing a summary of the techniques and applications of AI in medical physics. It also addresses common pitfalls associated with these technologies. Because the application of AI in medicine in general and in medical physics in particular has seen an unprecedented increase in the recent years, the medical physicist profession has to keep pace with these changes, and we hope that this Focus Issue will provide a guide for MPs who are, or will be involved, in this exciting field.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
