IAEA Launches Global Webinar Series on Artificial Intelligence for Medical Physicists

Building on these public resources, the IAEA designed a dedicated 12-part webinar series to equip medical physicists with the knowledge and skills needed to introduce imaging-based AI systems into clinical practice. Organized by the IAEA's human health and technical cooperation programmes under a dedicated regional project on improving the quality and safety of radiology services through medical physics.

The online sessions take place every two weeks from October 2025 to April 2026. Experts from Germany, India, the Netherlands, and the United States of America are leading interactive presentations and live discussions on:

• Introduction to AI: its historical background and terminology
• Roles and responsibilities of medical physicists in AI
• Basic and advanced statistical methods
• Ethical and regulatory considerations relevant to AI systems
• Machine learning models, training and validation
• Deep-learning architecture
• Data management
• Clinical implementation of imaging-based AI systems
• Diagnostic radiology procedures utilizing AI
• Imaging-based AI systems in radiotherapy
• Radiomics for medical physicists
• Medical physicists' roles in the clinical validation of AI technologies in imaging

At the conclusion of the series, attendees are expected to promote the safe, efficient, ethical and responsible use of AI.

"Participating in the IAEA AI webinar series has deepened my understanding of how medical physicists can lead the safe and effective integration of AI into clinical practice," reflected Noramaliza Mohd Noor, associate professor and medical physicist at Universiti Putra Malaysia. "The sessions have broadened my perspective on the future of our field and strengthened my commitment to enhancing patient-centred care through innovation."