Best practices could help AI deployment in nuclear medicine

“Insufficient evaluation of AI algorithms may have multiple adverse consequences, including reducing credibility of research findings, misdirection of future research, and, most importantly, yielding tools that are useless or even harmful to patients,” wrote corresponding author Abhinav Jha, PhD, of Washington University in St. Louis, MO, and colleagues.

The group was led by the AI task force of the Society for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI), and included representatives from U.S. industry and regulatory agencies, as well as European experts. The report was published May…