Artificial intelligence services were first used in Moscow's healthcare in 2020, when an experiment was launched to introduce computer vision technologies into radiation diagnostics.
«At the start, in 2020, we had no specific methodologies or understanding of how to use artificial intelligence in medicine, whether it could be trusted, or how to control it. There were many questions. However, over the past years, specialists at the Center for Diagnostics and Telemedicine have developed, tested, and implemented five methodologies for using artificial intelligence services in healthcare,» said Lev Pestrenin.
One of the methodologies involves using artificial intelligence as a support system for medical decision-making.
«In this case, artificial intelligence acts as a doctor's assistant. A specialist may miss something. Unfortunately, this happens in medicine. We see that artificial intelligence really helps in making diagnoses,» the expert explained.
Artificial intelligence is also useful in morphometry. AI systems can perform various measurements — for example, they can determine the volume of an organ or the size of a neoplasm.
«It can be said that in morphometry, artificial intelligence replaces the doctor. At the same time, the description of a radiological examination does not end with measurements, so in any case, AI remains only an assistant,» believes Lev Pestrenin.
Artificial intelligence is also widely used for the analysis of fluorograms and X-rays.
«In Russia, more than 74 million fluorograms are performed annually. Doctors must describe this entire enormous volume of research. We propose using AI to sort fluorograms into "normal" and "pathology". When artificial intelligence marks a pathology on an image, it sends a signal to the doctor. If at least some of the studies with the norm do not reach the doctor, this will significantly reduce the burden on the medical community,» the expert believes.
According to the Deputy Head of the Department of Medical Informatics, Radiomics, and Radiogenomics at the Center for Diagnostics and Telemedicine, more than 50 medical artificial intelligence services are currently operating in Moscow.
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