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Artificial Intelligence in Radiation Protection of Patients: Overview
23 April 2025, 15:00 CEST (Vienna time)
Presenters: Mika Kortesniemi (Finland), Teemu Mäkelä (Finland)
Moderator: Chadia Rizk (IAEA)
About the webinar series
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to revolutionize healthcare, its potential to enhance patient safety and improve radiation protection practices is becoming increasingly evident.
This webinar series aims to explore how AI-driven tools and technologies can support and advance the safe and effective use of radiation in medical settings. Tailored for a broad audience of healthcare professionals — including clinicians, radiologists, radiation oncologists, nuclear medicine physicians, technologists, medical physicists, hospital administrators and regulators — each session will feature expert led presentations followed by a live discussion. Participants can deepen their understanding and exchange ideas with leading professionals in the field.
The series consists of seven one hour sessions designed to provide concrete insights and practical knowledge on the intersection of AI and radiation protection.
This first webinar will provide a comprehensive introduction to the topic, offering a broad overview of the role of AI in radiation protection of patients.
Learning objectives
- Gain insight into the general principles and capabilities of AI technology for radiation protection.
- Explore the specific applications of AI to enhance radiation protection of patients.
- Become familiar with the practical aspects and challenges of deploying AI tools for radiation protection.
About the presenters
Mika Kortesniemi works as the chief medical physicist and adjunct professor at the HUS Diagnostic Center, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland. His professional, teaching and research focus is on the quality assurance, radiation dosimetry, optimization and radiation protection in X ray imaging, especially related to computed tomography and utilization of artificial intelligence. Dr Kortesniemi is also actively involved in international collaboration, including with IAEA, International Commission on Radiological Protection, European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics and European Society of Radiology.
Teemu Mäkelä has worked as a medical physicist at the Department of Radiology, HUS Diagnostic Center, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland, since 2017. His background and research interests include machine learning, medical image processing and imaging data analysis. He has co-authored over 35 scientific papers on various topics such as automating medical imaging quality assurance, dose optimization, AI based diagnostic algorithms and image quality metrics.