Baris Turkbey, MD, presented “Rise of the Machines: AI in Prostate MRI” during the 2023 Frontiers in Oncologic Prostate Care and Ablative Local Therapy symposium on November 10, 2023, in Chicago, Illinois.
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How to cite: Turkbey, Baris. “Rise of the Machines: AI in Prostate MRI.” November, 2023. Accessed Sep 2024. https://grandroundsinurology.com/rise-of-the-machines-ai-in-prostate-mri/
Rise of the Machines: AI in Prostate MRI – Summary
Baris Turkbey, MD, explores the capabilities and training gaps of Artificial Intelligence in MRI prostate cancer detection. He begins by establishing the ubiquity of MRI technology in prostate cancer treatment across the globe and highlighting the shortcomings of previous and current guidelines on the use of MRI for disease detection.
Dr. Turkbey highlights the shortcomings of previous and current guidelines on the use of MRI for disease detection, noting that current data is too dependent on the experience of the practitioner. He then introduces the idea of using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to standardize prostate cancer detection.
Dr. Turkbey then presents examples of AI successfully detecting prostate cancer lesions on MRI imaging. However, he cautions that more rigorous training and supervision is still needed for AI imaging, as AI has a high false-positive rate.
Dr. Turkbey concludes by examining the impact of image quality on AI performance, indicating that more training is required before these models can be deployed as a diagnostic aid. He presents data that demonstrates that low-quality images significantly impact the cancer detection rate of AI models.
Frontiers in Oncologic Prostate Care and Ablative Local Therapy (FOCAL) is an outstanding program on prostate imaging, transperineal interventions, and ablative treatments for prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia. Bringing together community-based, academic, and industry partners, FOCAL offers lectures by world-renowned faculty and hands-on training workshops on in-office transperineal interventions, fusion-guided prostate ablation and state-of-the-art BPH management with novel technologies.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Turkbey obtained his medical degree from Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey in 2003. He completed his residency in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at Hacettepe University. He joined Molecular Imaging Branch (MIB), National Cancer Institute, NIH in 2007. His main research areas are imaging of prostate cancer (multiparametric MRI, PET CT), image guided biopsy and treatment techniques (focal therapy, surgery and radiation therapy) for prostate cancer and artificial intelligence. Dr. Turkbey is a member of Prostate Imaging Reporting & Data System (PI-RADS) Steering Committee. He is the Head of the Magnetic Resonance Imaging section in MIB and the Artificial Intelligence Resource (external link) in MIB.
