Beyond the Human Eye: How AI Will Revolutionize Lung Disease Diagnosis

When diagnosing rare lung disease, the human eye can only see so much. But with artificial intelligence, patterns in medical imaging that were previously invisible suddenly become clear.

In this episode, host Elizabeth Estes sits down with Dr. Helmut Prosch to explore the transformative role of artificial intelligence in diagnosing rare and fibrosing lung diseases. Dr. Prosch is the President of the European Society of Thoracic Imaging (ESTI) for 2026 and section chief of thoracic imaging at the Medical University of Vienna. Dr. Prosch explains why AI isn't a threat to radiologists but a necessary tool, one that can detect patterns invisible to the human eye, extend specialist-level expertise to underserved regions around the world, and empower radiologists to catch lung disease years earlier than before.

Listen to the conversation on The Lung Lab podcast, brought to you by the Open Source Imaging Consortium (OSIC), a show that explores how we are redefining rare and progressive lung disease.

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