Imaging Technology News

Pragmatism from cybersecurity to enterprise imaging was in vogue at the 2019 meeting of the Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM). Not unexpectedly, artificial intelligence accounted for much discussion amid telltale cracks in its hype. Exerting pressure was an undercurrent of practicality, bubbling up in session talks by key opinion leaders (KOLs) and from the exhibit floor, where some company representatives spoke of the continuing need for artificial intelligence (AI) to demonstrate an ROI (return on investment). This doff of the hat to practicality could be seen in the format of scientific sessions, which were kicked off by luminary speakers providing the context in which to understand research data presented in follow-on talks. Other sessions featured faculty, as in the case of one about cybersecurity hosted by J. Anthony Seibert, Ph.D., an imaging physicist on the radiology faculty of the University of California in Davis.