The Development of Theoretical and Practical Resources for Application of Artificial Intelligence for Medical Image Analysis in Thailand

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is a key factor for the sustainable development of the modern medical field. The ability of artificial intelligence to diagnose diseases from big data (Big Data), both image data and data from patient databases has been well-studied and proven to obtain the level of diagnostic accuracy equivalent or better than a doctor. AI also plays an important role in solving health crises, as evident in its role in the diagnosis of COVID-19 using chest x-rays, cancer detection in Mammogram and other applications. The role of AI will become more prominent in the upcoming aging society.

However, there are various obstacles in developing artificial intelligence in Thailand, both for domestic use and for commercializing abroad. These barriers may be divided into three areas: (1) Lack of deep and specific theoretical knowledge in the field of Artificial Intelligence for medicine; (2) Lack of personnel with expertise at Master's and Doctoral level; (3 ) Lack of knowledge for developing innovations that can be used in practice, such as methods used to connect AI results to hospital information systems, AI testing and evaluation, and international standards for medical AI. 

This project therefore focuses on collecting and developing the necessary knowledge for publication as well as incubating a new generation of researchers. It is hoped that the publication of the work will awaken and enable the next generation of researchers to take advantage of the knowledge and experience of previous researchers and increase the capacity of Thailand to develop new innovations