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Future Directions: AI and Beyond (On-Demand)

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Activity approved for 1.5 ASRT Category A Credits
Activity Expires October 1, 2027

Activity Description

This session will introduce DXA technologists to emerging innovations that are shaping the future of bone densitometry, with an emphasis on artificial intelligence–enabled tools and data integration. Participants will examine how AI-driven quality-control processes and automated region-of-interest detection can enhance measurement consistency, workflow efficiency, and scalability across clinical settings. The program will also examine how DXA data can be linked with large clinical and research datasets to support advanced risk prediction, longitudinal monitoring, and population-level analysis. In addition, participants will discuss key research opportunities and critical knowledge gaps that must be addressed to advance next-generation DXA technologies and inform the evolving role of the DXA technologist.

Learning Objectives

  1. Recognize how AI-enabled quality control and automated region-of-interest detection can improve consistency, efficiency, and scalability of DXA measurements.
  2. Identify how DXA data can be linked with large clinical and research datasets to support risk prediction, longitudinal monitoring, and population-level analysis.
  3. Identify key research opportunities and critical gaps that must be addressed to advance the next generation of bone densitometry.

Instructions

Clinicians and Technologists are required to answer a set of online test questions following the review of the video and will have up to three attempts to answer questions correctly before losing credit for the activity. Once the activity test has been passed (75% or higher), you will be asked to evaluate the activity online and then be allowed to claim credit and print certificates.

Registration Fees

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Cancellation Policy

On-Demand/ Enduring Material Cancellation
Purchases of on-demand or enduring educational materials are non-refundable.

On-Demand/Enduring Material Program Changes or Cancellations 
ISCD reserves the right to cancel the program, change dates, and/or the location/method of offering. All program fees will be refunded if a program is canceled unless the registered participant elects to transfer to another program.

ASRT Credit Designation 

This activity has been approved by ASRT for 1.5 Category A continuing education credits.

Date of Original Release and most recent Review or Update 

This activity was most recently reviewed and released on September 15th, 2026.

John A. Shepherd, PhD, FAAPM, CCD

John A. Shepherd, PhD, FAAPM, CCD

Professor/Chief Scientific Officer

University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI

Dr. Shepherd is a Researcher/Professor at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center, a Fulbright Scholar, a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), and a former President of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry. He received his PhD in Engineering Physics from the University of Virginia and then completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biophysics at Princeton University. From there he went on to develop body composition and bone density algorithms for a major women’s health company and his patents are the basis for the accuracy of that company’s body composition algorithms. He then joined the Radiology Department of the University of California San Francisco and led his own research group for 19 years studying a wide variety of biomarkers for breast cancer, obesity and osteoporosis from medical imaging using advanced machine learning techniques. For the past 5 years, he has been with the University of Hawaii Cancer Center and is currently their Chief Scientific Officer. He also directs the UH Artificial Intelligence Precision Health Institute and the Hawaii Pacific Islands Mammography Registry. He has been continuously funded from the NIH since 2005, led 6 R01-funded studies, published over 350 peer-review publications that have been referenced over 23,000 times, and lastly is an avid surfer and island ridge hiker!

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All changes in registration must be made in writing to [email protected]. Purchase of on-demand or enduring educational materials are non-refundable.

Course Changes or Cancellations

ISCD reserves the right to cancel the program and change the dates of the offering. All program fees will be refunded if a program is canceled unless the registered participant elects to transfer to another program.

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