How do radiologists remain relevant in an era of machine learning?

CHICAGO – With the rise of enterprise viewers and high-powered networks, many doctors are reading diagnostic images on their own, and bypassing the radiologists. Moreover, machine learning is being applied to radiology, and threatens to automate much of what radiologists now do. So the question many radiology leaders are asking is, How does radiology stay relevant and important as a medical specialty? "Radiologists were instrumental in the past. How do we ensure this is the case in the future," asked Dr. Richard Baron, president of the Radiological Society of North America during his address at the annual RSNA conference here in November.