AIRLINK 195.90 Increased By ▲ 1.07 (0.55%)
BOP 9.82 Increased By ▲ 0.01 (0.1%)
CNERGY 7.39 Increased By ▲ 0.03 (0.41%)
FCCL 40.25 Increased By ▲ 1.67 (4.33%)
FFL 16.35 Decreased By ▼ -0.10 (-0.61%)
FLYNG 29.03 Increased By ▲ 1.49 (5.41%)
HUBC 132.20 Increased By ▲ 0.45 (0.34%)
HUMNL 13.80 Decreased By ▼ -0.06 (-0.43%)
KEL 4.65 Decreased By ▼ -0.01 (-0.21%)
KOSM 6.60 Decreased By ▼ -0.06 (-0.9%)
MLCF 46.28 Increased By ▲ 0.89 (1.96%)
OGDC 214.00 Increased By ▲ 0.01 (0%)
PACE 6.77 Decreased By ▼ -0.09 (-1.31%)
PAEL 40.35 Increased By ▲ 0.29 (0.72%)
PIAHCLA 16.70 Decreased By ▼ -0.09 (-0.54%)
PIBTL 8.44 Increased By ▲ 0.12 (1.44%)
POWER 9.78 Increased By ▲ 0.35 (3.71%)
PPL 182.80 Increased By ▲ 0.61 (0.33%)
PRL 41.95 Increased By ▲ 0.12 (0.29%)
PTC 24.85 Increased By ▲ 0.29 (1.18%)
SEARL 104.10 Increased By ▲ 1.57 (1.53%)
SILK 1.00 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
SSGC 39.26 Decreased By ▼ -0.18 (-0.46%)
SYM 17.50 Increased By ▲ 0.17 (0.98%)
TELE 8.76 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
TPLP 12.75 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
TRG 65.66 Increased By ▲ 0.26 (0.4%)
WAVESAPP 11.17 Increased By ▲ 0.06 (0.54%)
WTL 1.71 Increased By ▲ 0.01 (0.59%)
YOUW 3.96 Increased By ▲ 0.02 (0.51%)
BR100 11,986 Increased By 12 (0.1%)
BR30 36,293 Increased By 147 (0.41%)
KSE100 113,341 Decreased By -102.3 (-0.09%)
KSE30 35,616 Decreased By -19.5 (-0.05%)
Editorials

Google uses AI to diagnose lung cancer more precisely than radiologists

Lung cancer has been recognized as the deadliest form of cancers, taking millions of lives every year as it is ofte
Published May 25, 2019 Updated May 28, 2019

Lung cancer has been recognized as the deadliest form of cancers, taking millions of lives every year as it is often not detected until later stages. Google is now planning to find a solution for that with the help of artificial intelligence.

In an effort to made lung cancer prediction more precise and more accessible, tech behemoth Google has trained its new AI-based tool that predicts the deadly disease better than radiologists.

In order to screen for lung cancer, radiologists usually view hundreds of images from a single CT scan. With this new AI model, Google is able to generate a 3D model of overall lung cancer malignancy prediction and identify subtle malignant tissue, or lung nodules, which are often hard to see. Additionally, the AI also factors in previous scans that can help reveal the growth rate of suspicious tissue.

Scientists create ‘virtual tumor’ to study cancer in 3D

In order to test the model, Google asked its AI to examine 45,856 chest CT scans for various cancer stages. The results were compared against six board-certified radiologists. Initially, Google’s AI detected 5% more cancer cases as compared to radiologists. Also, it reduced false-positive exams by over 11%.

At present, the AI model needs extra clinical research and testing before it can be deployed, but Google claims that the initial results are encouraging, reported Google.

“This creates an opportunity to optimize the screening process via computer assistance and automation,” the study authors said. “While the vast majority of patients remain unscreened, we show the potential for deep learning models to increase the accuracy, consistency and adoption of lung cancer screening worldwide.”

Copyright Business Recorder, 2019

Comments

Comments are closed.