Global market for AI in medical imaging expected to top $2B by 2023

The U.K.-based research firm noted that "several barriers" could keep AI from truly hitting the mainstream in medical imaging. Those factors include the "challenging" regulatory process, the need for additional large-scale validation studies and the need for full AI integration into current radiology workflows. "Up to now, the market has mainly been driven by the many start-ups and specialist companies who are applying machine learning to medical imaging, but the major medical imaging vendors are now ramping-up their AI activities," Harris said in the same statement. "In the last year or so, we've also seen several of the world's technology giants apply their AI expertise to medical imaging, most notably China's Tencent and Alibaba. Over the coming years, the combined R&D firepower of the expanding ecosystem will knock down the remaining barriers and radiologists will have a rapidly expanding array of AI-powered workflow and diagnostic tools at their disposal."