Student ultrasound education, current view and controversies. Role of Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality and telemedicine

Nils Daum; Michael Blaivas; Adrian Goudie; Beatrice Hoffmann; Christian Jenssen; Ricarda Neubauer; Florian Recker; Tudor Voicu Moga; Constantinos Zervides; Christoph Frank Dietrich

doi:10.1186/s13089-024-00382-5

Student ultrasound education, current view and controversies. Role of Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality and telemedicine

Ultrasound J. 2024 Sep 27;16(1):44. doi: 10.1186/s13089-024-00382-5.

Authors

Nils Daum^{1

2}, Michael Blaivas³, Adrian Goudie⁴, Beatrice Hoffmann⁵, Christian Jenssen^{2

6}, Ricarda Neubauer⁷, Florian Recker⁸, Tudor Voicu Moga^{9

10}, Constantinos Zervides¹¹, Christoph Frank Dietrich¹²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (CCM/CVK), Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität Zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
² Brandenburg Institute for Clinical Ultrasound (BICUS) at Brandenburg Medical University, Neuruppin, Germany.
³ Department of Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA.
⁴ Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Australia.
⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁶ Department for Internal Medicine, Krankenhaus Märkisch Oderland, Strausberg, Germany.
⁷ University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
⁸ Department of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
⁹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Piața Eftimie Murgu 2, 300041, Timișoara, Romania.
¹⁰ Center of Advanced Research in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041, Timisoara, Romania.
¹¹ CZMH Limassol Medical Physics and Dosimetry Services LTD, Limassol, Cyprus.
¹² Department Allgemeine Innere Medizin (DAIM), Kliniken Hirslanden Beau Site, Salem und Permanence, Bern, Switzerland. [email protected].

Abstract

The digitization of medicine will play an increasingly significant role in future years. In particular, telemedicine, Virtual Reality (VR) and innovative Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems offer tremendous potential in imaging diagnostics and are expected to shape ultrasound diagnostics and teaching significantly. However, it is crucial to consider the advantages and disadvantages of employing these new technologies and how best to teach and manage their use. This paper provides an overview of telemedicine, VR and AI in student ultrasound education, presenting current perspectives and controversies.

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Education; Students; Telemedicine; Ultrasound.

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