2020: The Year of Artificial Intelligence in Mammography

It is no secret that mammography services faced a significant set-back this year when the COVID-19 pandemic erupted. Eventually, the service line was able to rebound from the catastrophic 92-percent plummet it experienced during the summer months – but, that was not all that happened. That recovery was, without a doubt, a success, but it was by no means the only positive development with mammography during 2020. This was the year to watch advances in artificial intelligence tools in breast imaging. To pinpoint the ones that will be most impactful, Diagnostic Imaging spoke with Randy Miles, M.D., MPH, assistant professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School.