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The system in this article is not interpreting mammograms, which is something that radiologists do. This is looking at tissue samples on slides, the domain of pathologists.

> an example might be a mammogram analyzer. These exist, google for "mammogram computer aided detection". While the data on their efficacy is equivocal at best, I well tell you tha…

Have you seen a typical medical school class recently? The people getting in these days is almost shocking. I have a hard time believing that qualified people are being shut out of…

> it's one of those areas where the problem is a lot harder than it seems. Yes, exactly. To computer savvy people unfamiliar with radiology it looks like something a computer might…

You have accurately described me.

Not really, no.

This guy gets it. Many replies in this thread are asking about computers interpreting scans, assuming I know nothing about the underlying technology, or am blinded by some form of …

I use this software when we perform a CT scan looking at the coronary arteries. Under perfect conditions it can correctly idenitfy the coronary arteries, and subtract away the rib …

I've sort of answered this problem above. I happen to think the problem is not solvable any time soon. If you or someone you know would like to prove me wrong, I will invest in you…

I'm not sure if you've ever seen a CT stroke study, which typically includes 4,000 images. If you think a computer can accurately interpret one of these any time soon, I would say …

I don't have any hard evidence, but I insist that it is true. Bright and determined baby-boomers became doctors and lawyers and accountants. Today smart and determined people aren'…

BINGO. You win the thread. The Clintons learned this the hard way, but most people don't understand how this could be true.

Sorry, but I wanted to be completely honest. There were a few guys like me in my medical school. There needs to be a counterpoint to the doom and gloom reports of "no life" and "li…

I have sort of answered this question below. Final interpretations must be performed by a radiologist residency trained in the USA, licensed in the state there are reading from, an…

I don't know any secrets. It's hard to get a radiology residency. You need good grades. I don't think research experience matters. It also helps to be somewhat normal. The people i…

In fact, the medical licensing exams and board exams are too lenient. The general quality of people going to medical school in the US has been dropping for a generation. The standa…

You make some good points. Of course, I cannot prove that the tests insure quality. In fact, this is not what the radiology board exam does. The board exam is designed to weed out …

If you read my other comments, I state that I make twice the average salary, because I read twice as many films. > increasingly radiology has been outsourced overseas with mostly t…

True, but I knew about the lifestyle when I picked radiology, and it is a very hard residency to get. There are others with a similar lifestyle, like Dermatology, Ophthalmology, an…

We see things differently. Radiology is a very difficult field to get into after medical school, something like 2/3 of American grads who apply get turned away. Additionally, for t…

> I could imagine Khan Academy for Radiology taught by JHU and Harvard professors to be quite good. You have got to be kidding me. How would this work for surgery? There are no sho…

I'm going to respectfully disagree. This may be possible in some medical fields (I doubt it), but not radiology. There is simply too much to learn. I completed 4 years of medical s…

See my other answers. "Final reads" must be performed my a physician who did a radiology residency in the USA, and credentialed in the USA. Note, you don't need to be located in th…

I'm not sure if you're being serious or not, but I'll answer. I happen to think real AI will not happen in my lifetime, if ever. This is not an uninformed opinion, I have MS in Neu…

My group does this, but not because we're evil. Larger groups often have fellowship trained radiologists who are experts in a certain sub-specialty, for example Neuroradiology. Sma…