Appliance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Medical Field

Abstract

This essay is targeted to provide a summary about the basic mechanism of Artificial Intelligence (AI), appliance of AI in the medical field, and the issues in applying AI to the medical field. In the first part of the article, the mechanism of AI like machine learning, natural language processing, neural network, deep learning and machine vision/computer vision are briefly introduced. At present, AI could be applied in drug development, medical imaging, clinical trials, and diagnosis.  Then, the issues of applying AI to the medical field are summarized in the article. The issues contain social acceptance issues, ethical issues, and legislation issues. In conclusion, if these issues could be solved, AI could unleash its potentials in the medical field and have positive effects like increased efficiency, lowered costs, and more accurate results in medical research and healthcare.