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Presented by: Parminder S. Basran, PhD FCCPM; Associate Research Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine.
Abstract: Veterinary medicine is a broad and growing discipline that includes topics such as companion animal health, population medicine and zoonotic diseases, and health and welfare of food-production animals. In this presentation, we describe some current and novel applications of artificial intelligence in veterinary medicine. Our lab has been investigating machine learning approaches in the dairy industry. We will describe how AI techniques currently adopted in medical image analysis can be used in this setting. These and other AI technologies have the potential to enable more efficient workflows for the veterinarian and provide new insights when managing or treating of disorders. It is our hope that these technologies will translate to better quality of life for animals and those who care for them.
Bio: Parminder S. Basran PhD (2002- University of Calgary), MSc (1997-University of Alberta) is a Associate Research Professor at Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine. He is a Member (2004) and Fellow (2010) of the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine. The Basran Lab, named the Veterinary Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy (VAIDER Lab), has 3 main areas of focus in Veterinary Medicine: Radiation Dosimetry and Treatment Planning; Medical Image Processing and Analysis; and Medical Physics Training and Education. Medical imaging processing projects focus on the use of machine learning in veterinary medicine, including multi-omics (Ultrasound + CBC and blood serum) approaches for discriminating lymphoma from inflammatory bowel disease in cats, leveraging machine-learning from x-ray images of the horse fetlock to predict the risk of injury in Thoroughbred racehorses, and adopting computer vision technologies to detect and control mastitis in dairy cows. Radiation dosimetry and treatment planning projects focus on high-precision radiation medicine to animals including limb preservation for dogs diagnosed with appendicular osteosarcoma, the development of standardized radiation dosimetry techniques for accreditation and benchmark performance in veterinary radiation oncology and surveying the technical and human resources in the delivery of safe and effective radiation therapy in the veterinary setting. Projects related to education include the use of gaming technologies such as Lego© and 3D printing in medical physics education and developing open-access educational content for medical physics education in low-to-middle-income countries.