Google Deepmind trial to detect head and neck cancer

The artificial intelligence offshoot of Google has paired up with University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for a research project. DeepMind Health announced that it will be receiving anonymised data from the trust for a research partnership into head and neck cancer. The five-year collaboration will use around 700 anonymised CT and MRI scans of former patients, dating back to 2008, and additional data relating to approximate age, anatomy location, cancer type and radiotherapy received. Currently before radiotherapy can be administered, clinicians take up to four hours to identify and differentiate between cancerous and healthy tissues on CT and MRI scans of head and neck cancer patients. This process is called segmentation.