A new artificial intelligence system successfully spotted lung cancer nodules as well as - if not better than - expert radiologists, according to a new report. Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related death in the United States, resulting in an estimated 160,000 deaths in 2018. 'AI in 3D can be much more sensitive in its ability to detect early lung cancer than the human eye looking at 2-D images. The deep-learning system utilizes both the primary CT scan and, whenever available, a prior CT scan from the patient as input. Prior CT scans are useful in predicting lung cancer malignancy risk because the growth rate of suspicious lung nodules can be indicative of malignancy.

Source: Daily Mail May 20, 2019 15:08 UTC