Adversarial artificial intelligence in radiology: Attacks, defenses, and future considerations - 22/05/25
, Bo Gong b, c, Michael N. Patlas bCet article a été publié dans un numéro de la revue, cliquez ici pour y accéder
Highlights |
• | Radiology artificial intelligence systems are vulnerable to adversarial attacks that may be imperceptible to radiologists. |
• | This review introduces adversarial attack techniques, clinical implications, and current defense strategies. |
• | Future efforts should prioritize robust model training, lifecycle safeguards, and cross-disciplinary collaboration. |
Abstract |
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming radiology, with applications spanning disease detection, lesion segmentation, workflow optimization, and report generation. As these tools become more integrated into clinical practice, new concerns have emerged regarding their vulnerability to adversarial attacks. This review provides an in-depth overview of adversarial AI in radiology, a topic of growing relevance in both research and clinical domains. It begins by outlining the foundational concepts and model characteristics that make machine learning systems particularly susceptible to adversarial manipulation. A structured taxonomy of attack types is presented, including distinctions based on attacker knowledge, goals, timing, and computational frequency. The clinical implications of these attacks are then examined across key radiology tasks, with literature highlighting risks to disease classification, image segmentation and reconstruction, and report generation. Potential downstream consequences such as patient harm, operational disruption, and loss of trust are discussed. Current mitigation strategies are reviewed, spanning input-level defenses, model training modifications, and certified robustness approaches. In parallel, the role of broader lifecycle and safeguard strategies are considered. By consolidating current knowledge across technical and clinical domains, this review helps identify gaps, inform future research priorities, and guide the development of robust, trustworthy AI systems in radiology.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Adversarial attacks, Artificial intelligence, Cybersecurity, Machine learning, Medical imaging
Abbreviations : AI, AUC, CT, DL, DNN, FGSM, LLM, ML, MRI, PGD
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