Saba Luca, d'Aloja Ernesto
Department of Radiology, AOU of Cagliari, Cagliari (CA), Italy.
Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari (CA), Italy.
NPJ Digit Med. 2025 Jul 1;8(1):392. doi: 10.1038/s41746-025-01791-z.
Predictive techniques in medical imaging offer transformative opportunities for early diagnosis and personalized care but raise complex ethical, legal, and economic challenges. This paper explores current advancements, regulatory implications, and risks such as overdiagnosis, alert fatigue, and information overload, emphasizing the urgent need for multidisciplinary frameworks to ensure responsible implementation and sustainable integration into healthcare systems.
医学成像中的预测技术为早期诊断和个性化医疗带来了变革性机遇,但也引发了复杂的伦理、法律和经济挑战。本文探讨了当前的进展、监管影响以及诸如过度诊断、警报疲劳和信息过载等风险,强调迫切需要多学科框架,以确保负责任地实施并可持续地融入医疗保健系统。