Shaping the Future through Innovations: From Medical Imaging to Precision Medicine
This work targets the problem of enhancing medical imaging and precision medicine for healthcare providers and patients, but it is incremental as it reviews existing technologies without introducing new methods.
The paper addresses the need for better handling of medical image information to advance precision medicine, describing technologies like Cinematic Rendering, artificial agents, and patient-specific models that aim to improve medical care quality and reduce costs.
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.