The AI Revolution in Healthcare: From Image Diagnostic Support to the Prospects of Multimodal LLM

Abstract

 This paper provides an overview of AI technology evolution and its application in the medical field. The third AI boom, starting in the early 2000s with the advent of deep learning, notably advanced in image recognition. The emergence of the transformer algorithm in 2017 and subsequent development of large language models like ChatGPT marked the fourth AI boom. In medicine, the adoption of AI for image diagnostic support has grown, with numerous medical devices approved by the FDA and PMDA. Future developments are expected in multimodal Large language Models (LLMs), integrating language, images, and other data.