Shaping the Future through Innovations: From Medical Imaging to Precision Medicine

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent technological advances in medical imaging, emphasizing their role in enhancing precision medicine through visualization, AI understanding, minimally invasive support, and personalized models to improve care and reduce costs.

Contribution

It introduces new imaging technologies and discusses their potential to transform clinical practice and precision medicine.

Findings

Photorealistic visualization improves diagnostic clarity.

AI agents enable deeper image understanding.

Personalized models enhance predictive accuracy.

Abstract

Medical images constitute a source of information essential for disease diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. In addition, due to its patient-specific nature, imaging information represents a critical component required for advancing precision medicine into clinical practice. This manuscript describes recently developed technologies for better handling of image information: photorealistic visualization of medical images with Cinematic Rendering, artificial agents for in-depth image understanding, support for minimally invasive procedures, and patient-specific computational models with enhanced predictive power. Throughout the manuscript we will analyze the capabilities of such technologies and extrapolate on their potential impact to advance the quality of medical care, while reducing its cost.