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Jan 2020
Research suggests artificial intelligence ‘outperforms’ doctors in breast cancer diagnoses
A study in the journal Nature has suggested that artificial intelligence is more accurate than doctors in diagnosing breast cancer from mammograms.
During the study, a team of international researchers designed and trained a computer model on x-ray images from nearly 29,000 women and the algorithm outperformed six radiologists in reading mammograms.
Currently the system in the NHS uses two radiologists to analyse x-rays and in cases where they disagree, a doctor will assess the images.
During the study, an AI model was provided with anonymised images so that the patients remained unidentified. The results showed that the AI model was as effective as the current double-reading system of two doctors and was superior at detecting cancer than a single doctor.
Dominic King from Google Health, who undertook the study together with Imperial College London, said “Our tea is really proud of these research findings, which suggest that we are on our way to developing a tool that can help clinicians spot breast cancer with greater accuracy.”
Cancer Research UK’s director of cancer intelligence and early diagnosis Sara Hiom, said “This is promising early research which suggest that in future it may be possible to make screening more accurate and efficient, which means less waiting and worrying for patients, and better outcomes.”
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