Artificial intelligence on par with humans in medical diagnosis, says new research

British researchers, through a new scientific review, have found that artificial intelligence (AI) can potentially diagnose a disease based on a medical image and are on par with human healthcare professionals. However, inadequate quality studies in this regard mean that the real potential of the use of artificial intelligence in the diagnosis area is yet to be known. The research team has been headed by Professor Alastair Denniston of the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. His team's work is said to be the first systematic review of existing research into the technology, analysing its capability in comparison to healthcare professionals. Denniston and his team scanned through various medical databases for all studies published between January 2012 and early June 2019 to compile their study. The findings of the work have been published in The Lancet Digital Health journal.