“Trust in clinical AI cannot be benchmarked into existence. It must be earned through rigorous prospective studies in real-world clinical settings, where hardest lessons often concern humans & systems around AI, not technology itself” www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Prospective evidence for conversational medical AI is hard, but non-negotiable - Nature Medicine

Trust in clinical artificial intelligence (AI) cannot be benchmarked into existence. It must be earned through rigorous prospective studies in real-world clinical settings, where the hardest lessons o...

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“AI models often achieve impressive performance metrics in retrospective evaluation & reader studies, but these results do not necessarily translate into clinical value unless they are integrated into clinical workflows” www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Food Diaries: Vegan Kesaribath! On this auspicious day, wish everyone ‘Happy Diwali🪔’ May light and love be blessed on you today and everyday. Since our son-in-law is vegan, we found ‘Vegan Butter’ to make ‘Vegan Kesaribath!’

Getting the clearest image with the least radiation? That's a medical physicist's work. 🏥 They choose imaging techniques, fine-tune quality, and minimize dose so doctors get the most accurate results. #IDMP2026 #InternationalDayOfMedicalPhysics museum.aapm.org

Happy 159th birthday to legendary Marie Curie 🎉 Thanks to my friends in Poland, visited Madame Curie Museum in Warsaw, Poland earlier this year. Happy International Day of Medical Physics (#IDMP2026) IOMP

Proud to be part of @IOMP and ready to serve >30,000 strong medical physicists around the world! Check out all the activities of IOMP at IOMP.org

DC Diaries: Refreshing to be in DC to speak at a conference. Venue on Constitution Ave opposite to US Capitol Hill Early morning view of the Capitol Hill appeared as ‘blue’ due to blue sky

For 2026, @IOMP_Official is celebrating International Day of Medical Physics #IDMP by organizing global webinar on 'global health equity', announced #IDMP awardees from different region of the world. In addition, IOMP organized poster competition & the winning poster is 👇

It is not just us in the US celebrating the election results - so were in France, Canada and even in Australia! Wow!

Today’s cover of New York Post tell it as is!

Vivek is done!

It’s only 10 pm est and polls in many states aren’t even closed. But Democrats are projected to control the house- the budget ….

I voted early in 2026 mid-term US elections My way of watching the results is 👇

“Ultra low dose (ULD)CT reduced ultrasound use for renal stone surveillance by 71.4% & reduced KUB use by 73.3%” “ULD CT was ~1.7 mSv, a dose within the range reported for some abdominal radiographic protocols” www.jacr.org/article/S154... JACR Journal

Implementation of Ultra-Low-Dose CT for Renal Stone Surveillance Was Associated With Reduced Ultrasound and Radiography Use: A Multidisciplinary Quality Improvement Initiative

Renal stone surveillance often relies on ultrasound and radiography of the kidney, ureter, and bladder (KUB) because of concerns about CT radiation and cost, despite CT’s superior accuracy. Limited aw...

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“Radionuclide ligand conjugates (RLCs) have emerged as a powerful therapeutic & theranostic platform in oncology, yet it faces several challenges” Authors provide a conceptual overview of RLC & major translational barrier jnm.snmjournals.org/content/67/1...

Museum Diaries: Painting by the Italian artist Giovanni Cariani (1510) displayed at the US National Art Gallery in Washington DC: “Portrait of a Venetian Gentlemen” w “Self portrait of a Baltimorean Gentleman” Practicing art of enjoying museum visits😂!

Fall Colors (not say cheesy but it’s true) “Color, color what color?” Every color says the ‘Fall Color’ Not only in our back yard, but fall colors are vibrant everywhere this season!

Finland Diaries: Language is no barrier when symbols can tell the stories. 1: Radiation - no entry - at HUS hospital 2: On commuter train in Helsinki

Finland Diaries: Saw a unique way of celebrating the winning team. MY friend in Tampere said that their women’s gymnastics team won a big tournament and hence the city dressed the 4 symbolic statues they represents Finnish people (3M, 1F) in gymnasts dress.

Finland Diaries: Thanks to great Finnish hospitality - shared what I knew-learnt new things-made new friends! Heading back home w great memories (especially cold plunge & smoke sauna). Like I always do spent a quiet evening writing my journal w ‘pakodas & rasam’ at ‘South India House’ in Espoo

Finland Diaries: The auditorium where we spoke at the Finnish Radiological Society meet in Tampere was quite large and had the best acoustics.

Finland Diaries: 2nd day in Tampere - speaking at the Finnish Radiological Society conference -where radiologists, medical physicists & radiographers all attend. @ICRP speakers who spoke at the session

Finland Diaries: Unique art installation in Tampere, Finland. It is for ‘Eeva-Liisa Manner (1921–1995), who is widely regarded as one of the most influential and celebrated Finnish modernist poets of 20th century. Her poems wrapped around trees w back light, drawing new readers

Finland Diaries: Meeting in Tampere was titled “ICRP meets Nordics and Baltics” Spoke about @icrp.bsky.social Pub 157 Had the pleasure to meet representatives (on my left) from Latvia, Sweden, Lithuania (3rd & 6th), Finland & Estonia (5th & 6th) (all part of @efomp & @IOMP_Official)

Finland Diaries: Went for dinner at a traditional Finnish restaurant. Menu highlighted ‘bear, reindeer & moose meats’. Since I was a vegetarian they got me the best Carrot Pancakes w variety of Breads! Company of @ICRP committee 3 & the view made the evening memorable

Finland Diaries: If I were a novelist, I would say: On a full moon night w cold arctic winds, the sea was wild - but it didn’t stop brave few medical physicists dipping in the cold sea as long as it took before rushing to Sauna - experiencing the Finnish tradition!

Finland Diaries: Very unique way in celebrating the Finnish composer - “The Sibelius Monument” which is a public art memorial to Finnish composer Jean Sibelius located close to Helsinki Uni Hospital. Days became shorter on the day I arrived in Helsinki!

Finland Diaries: Since the days are shorter - Mika our local host took us for a nice walk the very afternoon I reached Helsinki. Walked to the waterfront “Gulf of Finland” of Baltic Sea. Checked out “Bronze age Burrow Grave” & even house of Finnish Prime Minister

Where am I? Where I found ‘Reindeer Pie’ on the cafe menu.

“We are all too aware of the gap between what is & what might be...plain facts we are supposed to face, on the other wild speculations we would rather indulge” Anything is possible! Read this Emily Dickenson’s short poem. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...