Radiologists
The short answer
This job is expected to meaningfully change. AI can already assist with or automate many of its tasks. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 71 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second most exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. That doesn't mean the job goes away—it means more of its tasks are the kind AI can help with.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about half of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second most exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
The score comes from the real, day-to-day tasks of this job—not a guess about the job as a whole. Below are the tasks that matter most in this job, split by whether AI can help with them.
AI can help with or automate about 97% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Prepare comprehensive interpretive reports of findings.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Perform or interpret the outcomes of diagnostic imaging procedures including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computer tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), nuclear cardiology treadmill studies, mammography, or ultrasound.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Document the performance, interpretation, or outcomes of all procedures performed.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Communicate examination results or diagnostic information to referring physicians, patients, or families.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Obtain patients' histories from electronic records, patient interviews, dictated reports, or by communicating with referring clinicians.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Administer radioisotopes to clinical patients or research subjects.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Jobs you could switch to
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