Korea University College of Medicine hosted a special lecture on August 31 at the Choi Duk Kyung Lecture Hall by Professor Philippe Lambin of Maastricht University in the Netherlands, a world-renowned expert in radiomics.
Organized as part of the Ministry of Science and ICT’s Brain Pool Plus (BP+) program to attract outstanding scientists from overseas, the event provided an opportunity to share the latest research trends and future directions in medical artificial intelligence (AI) and expand collaboration with a leading international scholar.
Radiomics, which uses quantitative analysis of medical imaging data to support diagnosis and treatment, is gaining recognition as a key technology in medical AI. In his lecture, titled “The Future of AI in Medicine: From Foundation Models to Digital Twin,” Professor Lambin outlined the future direction of medical AI and presented his vision for precision medicine.
“The volume of medical information needed for diagnosis has already exceeded human cognitive capacity,” he said. Citing the Apollo project—a large-scale medical foundation model trained on data from 7.2 million patients and 25 billion clinical records—he predicted that AI would become an essential tool for forecasting disease onset, progression, and treatment response.
Professor Lambin also introduced a multi-omics approach that integrates diverse data sources, including clinical information, medical imaging, pathology, and genomics. He emphasized the importance of digital twin–based precision medicine in using these data to predict disease trajectories and treatment responses. He also addressed the potential risks of medical AI, including deskilling—the erosion of clinicians’ skills through overreliance on the technology.
“Radiomics has set an important precedent in medical AI. The key now is how we integrate it with other types of big data,” said Professor Hong-Rae Kim of the Department of Convergence Medicine, who organized the event.
“This lecture has laid the groundwork for collaborative research that brings together our institution’s accumulated clinical and research data and Professor Lambin’s expertise,” said Professor Bo Kyoung Seo of the Department of Radiology.
“The event was a valuable opportunity to share the latest research advances with a world-renowned expert in AI and explore the future of medicine together,” said Sung Bom Pyun, Dean of Korea University College of Medicine. “Professor Lambin’s research vision provides an important milestone for the advancement of medical AI and precision medicine. We hope this lecture will mark the beginning of close, sustained research collaboration and lead to world-class research outcomes.”
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