Evaluation of knowledge and attitudes of radiology department workers about artificial intelligence

Aim: The objective of this study was to investigate the knowledge and attitudes of radiology department workers through a survey. Material and Methods: In this study, the opinions and attitudes of physicians, residents and technicians working in radiology departments of various hospitals and medical students in our university about AI were collected through a survey conducted between 01/07/2020 and 12/08/2020 and analyzed through a survey. Results: The response rate of the survey was 25.3%; 47.1% of the participants reported that they have enough knowledge about AI applications in general, while only 25% stated that they had sufficient knowledge about AI applications in radiology. Among all participants, 35.3% thought that AI applications would negatively affect the profession of radiologists, while 30.3% thought that these applications would have positive impacts; 51.9% of the participants think that AI applications will save time for radiologists. The rate of participants who were concerned about the advances in AI was 16.1%. Discussion: Further similar studies should be conducted on this issue in order to obtain more detailed information and contribute to the literature. We believe that our results will be guiding for further comprehensive studies on the opinions of radiology department workers about the use of AI in the field of radiology.