This AI can spot skin cancer as well as doctors – MassDevice

A dermatologist uses a handheld microscope called a dermatoscope to examine skin lesions. Stanford University researchers think a new AI developed could potentially provide another layer of screening. Stanford University researchers say that they've trained a deep learning algorithm to identify skin cancer as well as dermatologists. The researchers pitted the artificial intelligence against 21 board-certified dermatologists when it came to diagnosing skin lesions. The deep convolutional neural network's performance was on par with the experts when it came to spotting the most common cancers--keratinocyte carcinomas versus benign seborrheic keratoses.