Issues and Challenges in Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Nuclear Medicine - The Bethesda Report (AI Summit 2022)

Arman Rahmim, Tyler J. Bradshaw, Irène Buvat, Joyita Dutta, Abhinav K. Jha, Paul E. Kinahan, Quanzheng Li, Chi Liu, Melissa D. McCradden, Babak Saboury, Eliot L. Siegel, John J. Sunderland, Richard L. Wahl

Abstract: The SNMMI Artificial Intelligence (SNMMI-AI) Summit, organized by the SNMMI AI Task Force, took place in Bethesda, MD on March 21-22, 2022. It brought together various community members and stakeholders from academia, healthcare, industry, patient representatives, and government (NIH, FDA), and considered various key themes to envision and facilitate a bright future for routine, trustworthy use of AI in nuclear medicine. In what follows, essential issues, challenges, controversies and findings emphasized in the meeting are summarized.