In AI, radiology finds a new ally

Reading a chest X-ray is tough. So much so that even radiologists get it right only around 70-80% of the time. What if they got help from'machine eyes'? It was trained on over 1.5 million X-rays to detect 15 chest abnormalities, ranging from tuberculosis to potentially cancerous lung nodules. To test the product, Qure.ai, in December 2017, began collaborating with radiologists at the Bengaluru hospitals of the Columbia Asia health-care group.