Generative AI widely adopted by nuclear medicine professionals, but perceived far more useful in research than clinical care

In a 2025 survey of Korean nuclear medicine society members, 86.1% used generative AI; 51.4% used it daily. Perceived usefulness was far higher for research/education (85.4%) than clinical practice (41.7%, p<0.001). ChatGPT (89.5%) was the most used platform.

• Survey response rate was 18.2% (122 of approx. 670 KSNM members).
• ChatGPT was used by 89.5% of AI adopters, followed by Gemini (55.2%) and Perplexity (26.7%).
• In research/education, translation/language editing had high prevalence and utility; code generation had lower prevalence but high perceived utility.

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