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Chinese AI beats 15 Doctors in Tumor Diagnosis Competition

posted by mrpg on Monday July 09 2018, @04:51AM   Printer-friendly
from the you-have-systemd dept.
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MrPlow writes:

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An AI system has wiped the floor with some of China’s top doctors when it comes to diagnosing brain tumors and predicting hematoma expansion.

As reported by Xinhua, the system defeated a team comprised of 15 of China’s top doctors by a margin of two to one. The AI, BioMind, was developed by the Artificial Intelligence Research Centre for Neurological Disorders at Beijing Tiantan Hospital, and is another example of the long line of the technology analyzing images.

When diagnosing brain tumors, BioMind was correct 87 percent of the time, compared to 66 percent by the medical professionals. The AI also only took 15 minutes to diagnose the 225 cases, while doctors took 30.

In regards to predicting brain hematoma expansion, BioMind was victorious again, as it was correct in 83 percent of cases, with humans managing only 63 percent.

Source: https://thenextweb.com/science/2018/07/02/chinese-ai-beats-15-doctors-in-tumor-diagnosis-competition/

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  • (Score: 2) by kazzie on Monday July 09 2018, @05:17AM

    by kazzie (5309) Subscriber Badge on Monday July 09 2018, @05:17AM (#704439)

    I thought it read "Chinese AI beats 15 doctors in Trump diagnosis competition".

  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 09 2018, @05:46AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 09 2018, @05:46AM (#704444)

    was a medical doctor.

    • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Monday July 09 2018, @12:21PM

      by Thexalon (636) on Monday July 09 2018, @12:21PM (#704513)

      And here I was thinking that the list involved David Tennant, Chris Eccleston, Tom Baker, and a back-from-the-grave William Hartnell.

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      The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 09 2018, @06:05AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 09 2018, @06:05AM (#704446)

    TFS is from the story on thenextweb.com, which made up two stats found in the summary.

    As reported by Xinhua, the system defeated a team comprised of 15 of China’s top doctors by a margin of two to one.

    This is not what Xinhua reported.

    An artificial intelligence (AI) system scored 2:0 against elite human physicians Saturday in two rounds of competitions

    Also, thenextweb.com says:

    The AI also only took 15 minutes to diagnose the 225 cases, while doctors took 30.

    Xinhau did not mention the amount of time the doctors took.

    [the AI] 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.

    What's up with making up parts of the story, thenextweb?

    • (Score: 4, Funny) by kazzie on Monday July 09 2018, @08:41AM

      by kazzie (5309) Subscriber Badge on Monday July 09 2018, @08:41AM (#704466)

      What's up with making up parts of the story, thenextweb?

      They've got to give the AI something to do.

  • (Score: 2) by Bot on Monday July 09 2018, @09:13AM (2 children)

    by Bot (3902) on Monday July 09 2018, @09:13AM (#704471) Journal

    > from the you-have-systemd dept.

    HEY! don't you make jokes about those tragedies, you insensitive clods.

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    Account abandoned.

    • (Score: 2) by pkrasimirov on Monday July 09 2018, @11:14AM (1 child)

      by pkrasimirov (3358) Subscriber Badge on Monday July 09 2018, @11:14AM (#704499)

      What tragedies? The AI won the competition, relax, Bot, you win! Re-calibrate and retry... :)

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