Artificial Intelligence Can See Breast Cancer Before It Happens

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning (DL) in the medical and healthcare field has been increasing at an astonishing rate. While the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is important for the protection of personal health information, it presented as the biggest barrier for gathering large data sets required for deep learning. Several strategies have been successfully implemented to gather lots of data for training medical AI systems without risking patient privacy. AI continues to have a significant impact on medical imaging and deep learning models are constantly being developed to look for anomalies such as bone fractures or possible cancer. The introduction of breast cancer screening has helped to reduce cancer mortality rates in women as well as provide a consistent source of image data.