University trains AI to analyse cancer images

Researchers have developed an AI-based computing model which can count cells from histopathological cancer tumour images. A team from the University of Jyväskylä state that they have taken the first step towards developing a digital service centre based on artificial intelligence where doctors and pathologists analyse tumour tissue samples visually with the help of software. The computing model is able to determine the T-cell count in cancer tissue based on nothing but a digital image and with an error margin of a few percent, according to tests. The researchers tested the model against five 523 images of intestinal cancer tumours where previously, the T-cell count of each image was determined by histopathologists. The team found that the model was successful in 90% of cases.