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FDA Holding February Public Meeting On Using AI In Radiology

The US agency will host a two-day meeting to discuss the evolution of artificial intelligence technology used to analyze radiological images when diagnosing patients and in advising radiologists to take optimal pictures. The takeaways from the meeting will be used by the FDA to help it develop its thinking on how to regulate such technology.

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The US Food and Drug Administration is holding a two-day public meeting in late February to better understand how artificial intelligence software is used to analyze images and to advise radiologists when treating patients. The purpose of the meeting is to get information that could help develop regulations on the topic.

The agency will host the meeting at the National Institutes of Health’s headquarters in Bethesda, MD, on 25-26 February with...

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