“A second pair of eyes”: AI-powered breast cancer screening detects more cancers sooner, groundbreaking study results show

A first-of-its-kind study shows that AI-powered mammography can improve outcomes for breast cancer patients, particularly those with aggressive disease.

While many people have only recently started doing this artificial intelligence (AI) in their daily lives, the use of the technology in medicine began about a decade ago, particularly in the field of image-based diagnostics. Researchers have trained AI programs to detect tumors and other signs of disease in various medical images such as X-rays, MRIs and slide-mounted tissue biopsies.