China Focus: AI beats human doctors in neuroimaging recognition contest

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> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] China Focus: AI beats human doctors in neuroimaging recognition contest
> Date: July 5, 2018 at 2:10:20 AM GMT+9
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> China Focus: AI beats human doctors in neuroimaging recognition contest
> Jun 30 2018
> <http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-06/30/c_137292451.htm>
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> BEIJING, June 30 (Xinhua) -- An artificial intelligence (AI) system scored 2:0 against elite human physicians 
> Saturday in two rounds of competitions in diagnosing brain tumors and predicting hematoma expansion in Beijing.
>
> The BioMind AI system, developed by the Artificial Intelligence Research Centre for Neurological Disorders at the 
> Beijing Tiantan Hospital and a research team from the Capital Medical University, made correct diagnoses in 87 
> percent of 225 cases in about 15 minutes, while a team of 15 senior doctors only achieved 66-percent accuracy.
>
> The AI also gave correct predictions in 83 percent of brain hematoma expansion cases, outperforming the 63-percent 
> accuracy among a group of physicians from renowned hospitals across the country.
>
> The outcomes for human physicians were quite normal and even better than the average accuracy in ordinary hospitals, 
> said Gao Peiyi, head of the radiology department at Tiantan Hospital, a leading institution on neurology and 
> neurosurgery.
>
> To train the AI, developers fed it tens of thousands of images of nervous system-related diseases that the Tiantan 
> Hospital has archived over the past 10 years, making it capable of diagnosing common neurological diseases such as 
> meningioma and glioma with an accuracy rate of over 90 percent, comparable to that of a senior doctor.
>
> All the cases were real and contributed by the hospital, but never used as training material for the AI, according to 
> the organizer.
>
> Wang Yongjun, executive vice president of the Tiantan Hospital, said that he personally did not care very much about 
> who won, because the contest was never intended to pit humans against technology but to help doctors learn and 
> improve through interactions with technology.
>
> "I hope through this competition, doctors can experience the power of artificial intelligence. This is especially so 
> for some doctors who are skeptical about artificial intelligence. I hope they can further understand AI and eliminate 
> their fears toward it," said Wang.
>
> Dr. Lin Yi who participated and lost in the second round, said that she welcomes AI, as it is not a threat but a 
> "friend."
>
> AI will not only reduce the workload but also push doctors to keep learning and improve their skills, said Lin.
>
> Bian Xiuwu, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Science and a member of the competition's jury, said there has 
> never been an absolute standard correct answer in diagnosing developing diseases, and the AI would only serve as an 
> assistant to doctors in giving preliminary results.
>
> Dr. Paul Parizel, former president of the European Society of Radiology and another member of the jury, also agreed 
> that AI will not replace doctors, but will instead function similar to how GPS does for drivers.
>
> Dr. Gauden Galea, representative of the World Health Organization in China, said AI is an exciting tool for 
> healthcare but still in the primitive stages.
>
> Based on the size of its population and the huge volume of accessible digital medical data, China has a unique 
> advantage in developing medical AI, according to Galea.
>
> China has introduced a series of plans in developing AI applications in recent years.
>
> [snip]
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