1、The Royal College of Radiologists The Future of AI in Healthcare:Public perceptions of AI in RadiologyThe Future of AI in Healthcare:Public perceptions of AI in Radiology April 20252The Royal College of Radiologists The Future of AI in Healthcare:Public perceptions of AI in RadiologyForeword Success

2、fully harnessing AI will be crucial to ensuring the NHSs continued growth and sustainability.We are increasingly seeing the impact of soaring demand against the backdrop of significant shortfalls of radiologists and oncologists.We must consider how technology such as AI can play a greater role,freei

3、ng us up to spend more time with patients while boosting accuracy,effectiveness and productivity.AI tools are already being used in over 60%of cancer centres and 70%of radiology departments and in the years to come we expect AI will play an even greater role across both back-office and frontline fun

4、ctions.Technology is advancing at a rapid pace,and there are serious conversations to be had about how to harness AI to improve NHS productivity,and the extent to which we are comfortable with AI supporting healthcare.We now stand at a critical juncture.Because while AI holds great potential,it also

5、 holds great risks.Getting this wrong would put patients at risk,waste doctors time and drain public funds.It is critical that we approach this conversation in partnership with both health professionals and patients.At the Royal College of Radiologists,we are already leading the charge on the former

6、,developing guidance and educational materials for professionals to build confidence in their use of AI.We now need a national conversation to ensure AI in healthcare is acceptable to and trusted by patients.Our polling results demonstrate that this task is significant,but surmountable:while the pub