Hiding in Not-So-Plain Sight: AI Spots Interval Breast Cancers Missed on Mammography

AI picks up interval breast cancers missed by scans

An AI could help to detect aggressive interval breast cancers that are diagnosed in between routine screening appointments, say US researchers.

Hiding in Not-So-Plain Sight: AI Spots Interval Breast Cancers Missed on Mammography

(MedPage Today) -- Mammogram analysis by artificial intelligence (AI) identified a third of interval breast cancers not seen on the original review, a retrospective study of more than 200 interval cancers showed. AI correctly spotted 73 of 224...

Reducing the Interval Breast Cancer Rate of Screening DBT: Can AI Have an Impact?

In a retrospective review of screening digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) exams for over 200 women with interval breast cancers, researchers found that AI provided accurate localization of cancers in 32.6 percent of the cases.

AI reduces false-negative rates on screening DBT

An AI algorithm spotted about one-third of interval cancers on screening DBT exams, cutting down false-negative rates.