The Future of Seeing

Daniel K. Sodickson is a celebrated pioneer of medical imaging, particularly magnetic resonance imaging and the application of modern AI to medical image analysis and reconstruction. In this lucid and eloquent journey through the world of pixels and voxels, he explains how allowing humans and machines to see the unseeable is changing the world. – Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist at Meta and 2018 Turing Award winnerThe ability to see clearly has always provided a key competitive advantage. In the modern world, imaging connects medicine, science, and commerce. The Future of Seeing shows how it is now poised to transform all three. There is something in this thoughtful and beautifully written book for history buffs, tech enthusiasts, and humanists alike. – Ken Langone, medical philanthropist, cofounder of Home Depot, and author of I Love Capitalism!: An American StoryThe crux of AI’s transformation of medicine is that digital machine ‘eyes’ see things in images that we humans can’t. That’s just one example of how Sodickson, a leading and hyperinnovative imaging scientist, provides a very thoughtful, futuristic vision—for seeing! – Eric Topol, author of Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to LongevityThe Future of Seeing revolves around the fundamental idea of seeing, how we have augmented that ability, and how seeing will evolve in the future. Sodickson beautifully and brilliantly guides us to be aware of seeing and imaging as what they really are: the mapping out of information in a way that is useful to us. – Peter A. Bandettini, chief of the Section on Functional Imaging Methods, National Institute of Mental Health

Daniel K. Sodickson is a physicist in medicine who has devoted his career to developing new ways of seeing. He is chief of innovation in radiology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, past president and gold medalist of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, and a fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors.