The Promise of Artificial Intelligence in Digestive Healthcare and the Bioethics Challenges It Presents
With modern society well entrenched in the digital area, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to extract useful information from big data has become more commonplace in our daily lives than we perhaps realize. Medical specialties that rely heavily on imaging techniques have become a strong focus...
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| author | Miguel Mascarenhas João Afonso Tiago Ribeiro Patrícia Andrade Hélder Cardoso Guilherme Macedo |
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| description | With modern society well entrenched in the digital area, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to extract useful information from big data has become more commonplace in our daily lives than we perhaps realize. Medical specialties that rely heavily on imaging techniques have become a strong focus for the incorporation of AI tools to aid disease diagnosis and monitoring, yet AI-based tools that can be employed in the clinic are only now beginning to become a reality. However, the potential introduction of these applications raises a number of ethical issues that must be addressed before they can be implemented, among the most important of which are issues related to privacy, data protection, data bias, explainability and responsibility. In this short review, we aim to highlight some of the most important bioethical issues that will have to be addressed if AI solutions are to be successfully incorporated into healthcare protocols, and ideally, before they are put in place. In particular, we contemplate the use of these aids in the field of gastroenterology, focusing particularly on capsule endoscopy and highlighting efforts aimed at resolving the issues associated with their use when available. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bab125f3038d477d9d8a72bd42218b012023-11-17T20:22:08ZengMDPI AGMedicina1010-660X1648-91442023-04-0159479010.3390/medicina59040790The Promise of Artificial Intelligence in Digestive Healthcare and the Bioethics Challenges It PresentsMiguel Mascarenhas0João Afonso1Tiago Ribeiro2Patrícia Andrade3Hélder Cardoso4Guilherme Macedo5Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, 4200-437 Porto, PortugalPrecision Medicine Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital São João, 4200-437 Porto, PortugalPrecision Medicine Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital São João, 4200-437 Porto, PortugalFaculty of Medicine, University of Porto, 4200-437 Porto, PortugalFaculty of Medicine, University of Porto, 4200-437 Porto, PortugalFaculty of Medicine, University of Porto, 4200-437 Porto, PortugalWith modern society well entrenched in the digital area, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to extract useful information from big data has become more commonplace in our daily lives than we perhaps realize. Medical specialties that rely heavily on imaging techniques have become a strong focus for the incorporation of AI tools to aid disease diagnosis and monitoring, yet AI-based tools that can be employed in the clinic are only now beginning to become a reality. However, the potential introduction of these applications raises a number of ethical issues that must be addressed before they can be implemented, among the most important of which are issues related to privacy, data protection, data bias, explainability and responsibility. In this short review, we aim to highlight some of the most important bioethical issues that will have to be addressed if AI solutions are to be successfully incorporated into healthcare protocols, and ideally, before they are put in place. In particular, we contemplate the use of these aids in the field of gastroenterology, focusing particularly on capsule endoscopy and highlighting efforts aimed at resolving the issues associated with their use when available.https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/59/4/790artificial intelligencebioethicsmedical imagingbig datagastroenterologycapsule endoscopy |
| spellingShingle | Miguel Mascarenhas João Afonso Tiago Ribeiro Patrícia Andrade Hélder Cardoso Guilherme Macedo The Promise of Artificial Intelligence in Digestive Healthcare and the Bioethics Challenges It Presents Medicina artificial intelligence bioethics medical imaging big data gastroenterology capsule endoscopy |
| title | The Promise of Artificial Intelligence in Digestive Healthcare and the Bioethics Challenges It Presents |
| title_full | The Promise of Artificial Intelligence in Digestive Healthcare and the Bioethics Challenges It Presents |
| title_fullStr | The Promise of Artificial Intelligence in Digestive Healthcare and the Bioethics Challenges It Presents |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Promise of Artificial Intelligence in Digestive Healthcare and the Bioethics Challenges It Presents |
| title_short | The Promise of Artificial Intelligence in Digestive Healthcare and the Bioethics Challenges It Presents |
| title_sort | promise of artificial intelligence in digestive healthcare and the bioethics challenges it presents |
| topic | artificial intelligence bioethics medical imaging big data gastroenterology capsule endoscopy |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/59/4/790 |
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