Medical Dosimetrists
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 22 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 a third 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 79% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Design the arrangement of radiation fields to reduce exposure to critical patient structures, such as organs, using computers, manuals, and guides.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Plan the use of beam modifying devices, such as compensators, shields, and wedge filters, to ensure safe and effective delivery of radiation treatment.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Identify and outline bodily structures, using imaging procedures, such as x-ray, magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, or positron emission tomography.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Calculate the delivery of radiation treatment, such as the amount or extent of radiation per session, based on the prescribed course of radiation therapy.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Calculate, or verify calculations of, prescribed radiation doses.
AI could do much of this on its own
Tasks AI can't do much of
Fabricate beam modifying devices, such as compensators, shields, and wedge filters.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Fabricate patient immobilization devices, such as molds or casts, for radiation delivery.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Teach medical dosimetry, including its application, to students, radiation therapists, or residents.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Measure the amount of radioactivity in patients or equipment, using radiation monitoring devices.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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