Imaging is an essential component of modern medicine, employed commonly for diagnostic and prognostic purposes, as well as for selection, planning, guidance, and evaluation of therapies. While medical imaging applications such as MRI or CT scanning fall under the imaging category, it can be defined much more broadly. Nowadays, imaging occurs in many places in a hospital, including pathological assessment and operations. 

AI is revolutionizing the imaging field and becoming a key technology that can improve the quality of imaging, automate analysis, and extract deeper diagnostic and predictive information. In image-guided interventions, the fusion of imaging and AI opens up new possibilities to define autonomous workflows that enhance quality and productivity. 

The UMC Utrecht AI lab for Imaging and Image-guided interventions aims to develop and evaluate novel technical AI components for disease diagnosis and image-guided interventions. The lab achieves this by promoting interactions between stakeholders, organizing matchmaking events, providing career opportunities for AI talents, and fostering collaboration with industry and other national and international partners.