For several years, radiologists have benefited from advances in breast imaging technologies to assist in the identification of suspicious lesions and calcifications on mammograms, such as 3D digital breast tomosynthesis. According to the Times, radiologists in Hungary are utilizing AI technology on real patients at five hospitals and clinics that perform more than 35,000 breast screenings a year. Last year, after a test on more than 275,000 breast cancer cases in Hungary, AI software matched the performance of human radiologists when acting as the second reader of mammography scans. So the obvious question emerges as to whether AI will eventually replace "human radiologists." And AI technology must prove it can recognize more complex forms of breast cancer while also reducing the number of false-positives that are not cancerous, leading to unnecessary biopsy procedures.

Source: New York Times March 09, 2023 16:17 UTC