Nuclear Medicine AI in Action: The Bethesda Report (AI Summit 2024).

Abstract

The second Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) AI Summit, organized by the SNMMI AI Task Force, took place in Bethesda, MD, on February 29-March 1, 2024. Bringing together various community members and stakeholders and following up on a successful 2022 summit, the theme was "AI in Action." Key items discussed included emerging needs and tools for computational nuclear oncology, new frontiers in large language and generative models, defining the value proposition for the use of artificial intelligence in nuclear medicine, open science including efforts for data and model repositories, and issues of reimbursement and funding. The primary efforts, findings, challenges, and next steps are summarized in this article.