This AI tool helps identifies breast cancer with 90% accuracy rate

Jan 30, 2020

A woman undergoes a free mammogram inside Peru's first mobile unit for breast cancer detection, in Lima March 8, 2012. International Women's Day falls on March 8. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil (PERU - Tags: HEALTH) - GM1E8390T4I01

A woman undergoes breast cancer screening. Image: REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil

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Director of Media Relations for Research , NYU Langone Health

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The AI tool learned to predict which lesions were likely malignant (red heat map) or likely benign (green heat map), with potential to aid radiologists in the diagnosis of breast cancer.

The AI tool identifies malignant lesions (red) and benign lesions (green). Image: NYU School of Medicine

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