Gastroenterology and Artificial Intelligence: 2nd Annual Artificial Intelligence Summit

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The 2nd Annual Artificial Intelligence Summit on Gastroenterology took place on October 17, 2020, in a virtual format. The event featured several sessions and panels discussing the role of AI in healthcare and its applications in gastroenterology. The summit was opened by Prateek Sharma, MD, FASGE, and Michael Wallace, MD, MPH, FASGE. Tom Lawry gave a talk on the future of AI in healthcare.<br /><br />The first session, moderated by Sharma and Wallace, focused on the basics of AI. Sravanthi Parasa, MD, spoke about the applications of AI in gastroenterology, while Ulas Bagci, PhD, discussed the algorithms used in AI. Eric Topol, MD, Tom Lawry, Sravanthi Parasa, MD, and Ulas Bagci, PhD, participated in a panel discussion on innovative applications of AI in other medical and technology fields.<br /><br />The second session was about the current state of computer vision in gastroenterology and endoscopy. Tyler Berzin, MD, FASGE, provided an overview of computer vision for gastroenterologists. Yuichi Mori, MD, PhD, presented on real-time detection and characterization of colon polyps using videos. A panel discussion on the clinical applications of computer vision followed with Michael Byrne, MD, Honggang Yu, MD, Thomas De Lange, MD, Tyler Berzin, MD, FASGE, and Yuichi Mori, MD, PhD, as participants.<br /><br />Anima Anandkumar, PhD, gave a primer on the world of machine learning (ML) and AI in the third session. The session also included a rapid-fire showcase of computer vision devices, motility, and capsule applications by Seth Gross, MD, FASGE, and a presentation by Ehud Rivlin, PhD, MSc, on winning with AI in detection, classification, and navigation. A panel discussion followed with Yutaka Saito, MD, PhD, FASGE, Lucy Lu Wang, PhD, Ehud Rivlin, PhD, MSc, Seth Gross, MD, FASGE, and Cesare Hassan, MD.<br /><br />The fourth session, moderated by John Vargo, MD, MPH, MASGE, and Klaus Mergener, MD, PhD, MBA, FASGE, focused on the challenges of integrating AI in gastroenterology. Mark Antonino, MS, spoke about streamlining regulatory approvals, while Tanuj K. Gupta, MD, MBA, discussed AI in big data and population health. The event concluded with closing remarks.<br /><br />Overall, the summit explored the current and future applications of AI in gastroenterology, featuring talks, panel discussions, and showcases on various aspects of AI technology and its impact on the field.

Keywords

Artificial Intelligence Summit

Gastroenterology

AI in healthcare

Virtual event

Computer vision in gastroenterology

Endoscopy

Machine learning

Regulatory approvals

Big data

Population health