Mark Perkins

Mark Perkins

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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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23 February 2024 in Electronics
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ZRZofia Rudnicka
Zofia Rudnicka
Klaudia ProniewskaKlaudia Proniewska
Klaudia Proniewska
MPMark Perkins
Mark Perkins
Agnieszka PregowskaAgnieszka Pregowska
Agnieszka Pregowska
Recently, significant efforts have been made to create Health Digital Twins (HDTs), Digital Twins for clinical applications. Heart modeling is one of the fastest-growing fields, which favors the effective application of HDTs. The clinical application of HDTs will be increasingly widespread in the future of healthcare services and has huge potential to form part of mainstream medicine. However, it requires the development of both models and algorithms for the analysis of medical data, and advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based algorithms have already revolutionized image segmentation processes. Precise segmentation of lesions may contribute to an efficient diagnostics process and a more effective selection of targeted therapy. In this systematic review, a brief overview of recent achievements in HDT technologies in the field of cardiology, including interventional cardiology, was conducted. HDTs were studied taking into account the application of Extended Reality (XR) and AI, as well as data security, technical risks, and ethics-related issues. Special emphasis was put on automatic segmentation issues. In this study, 253 literature sources were taken into account. It appears that improvements in data processing will focus on automatic segmentation of medical imaging in addition to three-dimensional (3D) pictures to reconstruct the anatomy of the heart and torso that can be displayed in XR-based devices. This will contribute to the development of effective heart diagnostics. The combination of AI, XR, and an HDT-based solution will help to avoid technical errors and serve as a universal methodology in the development of personalized cardiology. Additionally, we describe potential applications, limitations, and further research directions.

1 June 2024 in Ethics & Bioethics
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Agnieszka PregowskaAgnieszka Pregowska
Agnieszka Pregowska
MPMark Perkins
Mark Perkins
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has an increasing role to play in medical education and has great potential to revolutionize health professional education systems overall. However, this is accompanied by substantial questions concerning technical and ethical risks which are of particular importance because the quality of medical education has a direct effect on physical and psychological health and wellbeing. This article establishes an overarching distinction of AI across two typological dimensions, functional and humanistic. As indispensable foundations, these are then related to medical practice overall, and forms of implementation with examples are described in both general and medical education. Increasingly, the conditions for successful medical education will depend on an understanding of AI and the ethical issues surrounding its implementation, as well as the formulation of appropriate guidelines by regulatory and other authorities. Within that discussion, the limits of both narrow or Routine AI (RAI) and artificial general intelligence or Decision AI (DAI) are examined particularly in view of the ethical need for Trustworthy AI (TAI) as part of the humanistic dimension. All stakeholders, from patients to medical practitioners, managers, and institutions, need to be able to trust AI, and loss of confidence could be catastrophic in some cases.

21 October 2024 in Artificial Intelligence in Health
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Agnieszka PregowskaAgnieszka Pregowska
Agnieszka Pregowska
Artificial intelligence (AI) is penetrating higher medical education; however, its adoption remains low. A PRISMA-S search of the Web of Science database from 2020 to 2024, utilizing the search terms “artificial intelligence,” “medicine,” “education,” and “ethics,” reveals this trend. Four key areas of AI application in medical education are examined for their potential benefits: Educational support (such as personalized distance education), radiology (diagnostics), virtual reality (VR) (visualization and simulations), and generative text engines (GenText), such as ChatGPT (from the production of notes to syllabus design). However, significant ethical risks accompany AI adoption, and specific concerns are linked to each of these four areas. While AI is recognized as an important support tool in medical education, its slow integration hampers learning and diminishes student motivation, as evidenced by the challenges in implementing VR. In radiology, data-intensive training is hindered by poor connectivity, particularly affecting learners in developing countries. Ethical risks, such as bias in datasets (whether intentional or unintentional), need to be highlighted within educational programs. Students must be informed of the possible motivation behind the introduction of social and political bias in datasets, as well as the profit motive. Finally, the ethical risks accompanying the use of GenText are discussed, ranging from student reliance on instant text generation for assignments, which can hinder the development of critical thinking skills, to the potential danger of relying on AI-generated learning and treatment plans without sufficient human moderation.

25 January 2024 in arXiv
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ZRZofia Rudnicka
Zofia Rudnicka
Klaudia ProniewskaKlaudia Proniewska
Klaudia Proniewska
MPMark Perkins
Mark Perkins
Agnieszka PregowskaAgnieszka Pregowska
Agnieszka Pregowska
Recently, significant efforts have been made to create Health Digital Twins (HDTs), digital twins for clinical applications. Heart modeling is one of the fastest-growing fields, which favors the effective application of HDTs. The clinical application of HDTs will be increasingly widespread in the future of healthcare services and has a huge potential to form part of the mainstream in medicine. However, it requires the development of both models and algorithms for the analysis of medical data, and advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) based algorithms have already revolutionized image segmentation processes. Precise segmentation of lesions may contribute to an efficient diagnostics process and a more effective selection of targeted therapy. In this paper, a brief overview of recent achievements in HDT technologies in the field of cardiology, including interventional cardiology was conducted. HDTs were studied taking into account the application of Extended Reality (XR) and AI, as well as data security, technical risks, and ethics-related issues. Special emphasis was put on automatic segmentation issues. It appears that improvements in data processing will focus on automatic segmentation of medical imaging in addition to three-dimensional (3D) pictures to reconstruct the anatomy of the heart and torso that can be displayed in XR-based devices. This will contribute to the development of effective heart diagnostics. The combination of AI, XR, and an HDT-based solution will help to avoid technical errors and serve as a universal methodology in the development of personalized cardiology. Additionally, we describe potential applications, limitations, and further research directions.