title: Shaping the future through innovations: From medical imaging to precision medicine.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Medical Imaging Technologies, Siemens Healthcare Technology Center, Princeton, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Dorin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Comaniciu
authors.affiliation: Medical Imaging Technologies, Siemens Healthcare Technology Center, Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Engel
authors.affiliation: Medical Imaging Technologies, Siemens Healthcare Technology Center, Princeton, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Bogdan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Georgescu
authors.affiliation: Medical Imaging Technologies, Siemens Healthcare Technology Center, Princeton, NJ, USA. Electronic address: tommaso.mansi@siemens.com.
authors.forename: Tommaso
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mansi
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D057285:Precision Medicine / Q000639:trends*
keywords: Artificial intelligence for image parsing; Computational modelling; Heart valves modelling; Photorealistic rendering