Scientists Are Teaching AI Systems To Read Medical X-Rays -- Starting With Fake Ones

Canadian researchers are using artificially generated X-rays to teach AI systems to identify medical conditions. Science has already begun to explore the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical applications. One idea is that AI systems can help improve the process of diagnosing a host of medical conditions by providing a faster, more accurate way of reading X-rays. But it's going to take a while before AI systems are able to interpret X-rays all by themselves. Just like human physicians, these systems need to be trained before they can properly identify conditions by looking at an X-ray.