Scientific American: Google AI Tool Can Pinpoint Breast Cancer Better Than Clinicians

Researchers at Google and Northwestern University along with three British medical institutions have developed an artificial intelligence model that predicts breast cancer in mammograms more accurately than human experts. A study on this AI model reported that the AI detected cases of breast cancer higher than radiologists and fewer false positives. Trying to identify breast cancer form a mammogram can be challenging: the radiologist has to distinguish cloudy and nefarious masses from healthy tissue by looking solely at a black and white photo. Despite being well trained, clinicians still fail to identify around 20% of all breast cancers and report false positives to nearly 50% of the women who get mammograms. The use of AI may never completely replace human experts, but it is a helpful tool that can provide a second opinion. For the full article, click here.