The panel discussion on ‘The Next Big Thing’ was moderated by Dr Avinash Nanivadekar, Head of Radiology, Ruby Hall Clinic where Dr Abhishek Mahajan, Associate Professor, Tata memorial Hospital Mumbai, Dr Balaji Ganeshan, CEO, TexRad, Rohit Sathe, CEO, Philips Healthcare, Vivek Kanade, CEO, Siemens Healthcare India, Suthirth Vaidya, CEO, Predible Health and Chander Sekhar Sibal, Sr VP, Fujifilm India, were the panelists.
Discussions were held on how combining the power of deep learning and cloud computation will help to deliver the future of radiology reporting. Panelists were of the opinion that deep learning and radionomics-based algorithms for the detection and characterisation of cancers is the need of the hour. Incremental upgrades on right platform is key to the growth of the sector.
They argued that nobody is talking about ehancing the role of radiologists that will add value to the system. More Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) could help the radiology sector in the long run. Prognosis prediction in a known malignancy is what everyone wants to know.
Enhanced or completely new technology replaces and disrupts an existing technology thus, rendering it obsolete, is what the panelists agreed to.
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