Artificial Intelligence in Pathology

There is arguably no sector more suited to the applications of AI and Machine Learning than the healthcare sector. The ability of computational tools to analyse and extract insights from vast amounts of unstructured data is a seemingly perfect fit for an industry that accrued 2,314 Exabyte's of new data in 2020 alone. From drug discovery to patient records, there are few areas in healthcare delivery that haven't been impacted by AI in some way, and pathology is no different. Although still in its infancy, AI-based computational pathology is an emerging discipline that has shown great promise in improving the accuracy of patient diagnoses and addressing some of the key issues that have plagued the field in recent years. Here we will take a look at just some of the ways AI is being leveraged support pathologists in the complex decision-making process and reduce the burden on an increasingly overstretched workforce.