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. 2022 Jan;43(1):53–60. doi: 10.15537/smj.2022.43.1.20210337

Table 2.

- Artificial intelligence applications in radiology corresponding to gender, training level and familiar with big data.

Questions/answers n (%) P-value
    Gender Training level Big data
Should radiologists be educated on (choose at most 3):
 Clinical use of AI applications 117 (76)
 Advantages and limitations of AI applications 115 (74.7)
 Technical methods, such as machine/deep learning algorithm 63 (40.9)
 How to get into the driver seat in using AI 62 (40.3)
 How to survive the AI revolution 29 (18.8)
 How to avoid the use of AI applications 11 (7.1)
What are the advantages of using AI? (choose at most 2)
 AI can speed up processes in health care 122 (79.2) 0.257 0.468 0.748
 AI can help reduce medical errors 73 (47.4) 0.298 0.734 0.784
 AI has no emotional exhaustion nor physical limitation 43 (27.9) 1.00 0.190 0.618
 AI can deliver vast amounts of clinically relevant high-quality data in real time 27 (17.5) 1.00 0.440 0.582
 AI has no space-time constraint 16 (10.4) 0.860 0.118 1.00
What are you concerned about regarding the application of AI in medicine?
 It cannot be used to provide opinions in unpredicted situations due to inadequate information 59 (38.3)
 It is not flexible enough to be applied to every patient 53 (34.4)
 It is difficult to apply to controversial subjects 21 (13.6) 0.193 0.198 0.968
 The low ability to sympathize and consider the emotional well-being of the patient 11 (7.1)
 It was developed by a less experienced medical clinician 10 (6.5)
Are you involved in any research project based on AI-based application development
 Yes, testing 5 (3.2)
 Yes, developing 10 (6.5) 0.485 0.774 0.027
 No, but planning to be involved 44 (28.6)
 No 95 (61.7)
Would you be willing to help in learning about ML and training a ML algorithm so that it can imitate some of the tasks you perform as a radiologist?
 Yes 120 (77.9) 0.096 0.049 0.026
 No 34 (22.1)

AI: artificial intelligence, ML: machine learning, Fisher’s exact test