Bangladesh Medical University and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology on Tuesday jointly organised a seminar on ‘piloting locally developed AI in radiology: a collaborative initiative between BMU, BUET’.
BMU radiology and imaging department and BUET biomedical engineering department organised the seminar at the lecture hall of BMU Super Specialised Hospital in Dhaka, said a press release.
BUET vice-chancellor Professor Abu Borhan Mohammad Badruzzaman addressed as chief guest at the seminar, which was presided over by BMU VC Professor Dr Md Shahinul Alam.
BUET VC said that AI had taken a special place in this world of advanced technology. ‘AI is capable of making a special contribution to the development of medical science.’
‘To get effective benefits from AI, it is necessary to develop AI locally in different countries as the place and environment are different,’ he added, mentioning that the development and use of AI was essential not only in radiology, oncology, pathology, but also in various branches of medical science.
He also noted that if the BMU and the BUET worked together, the healthcare sector in the country would take a step forward as many things, including medical record keeping were possible with the use of AI.
Echoing BUET VC, BMU VC Shahinul Alam said that if doctors and engineers worked together, the door to new and improved medical services would be opened in the healthcare sector of the country as new innovations, discoveries and inventions would bring welfare to patients.
He said that they would play a huge role in improving the quality of the healthcare sector and the suffering of patients would be alleviated.
BUET teacher Professor M Tariq Arafat presented an article on biomedical engineering while BUET teacher Professor Toufiq Hasan presented the main article on the necessity and importance of AI in radiology at the seminar.
BUET pro-VC Abdul Hasib Chowdhury, BMU pro-VC for administration Professor Dr Md Abul Kalam Azad, pro-VC for research and development Professor Dr Md Mujibur Rahman Hawlader, treasurer Professor Dr Nahrin Akhtar, registrar Professor Dr Md Nazrul Islam, and chairperson of the department of clinical oncology Professor Dr Syed Md Akram Hossain, among others, also spoke at the seminar.
This seminar was organised as part of the dissemination of the research project titled An Artificial Intelligence Enabled Web-Application for Assistive Online Reporting of Radiological Images under the supervision of BUET biomedical engineering.
The project was funded by the World Bank.
