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New AI-based Method to Detect ...Latest studies have revealed that AI may have the potential to detect pre-cancerous lesions which is more effective than the current traditional screening tests.
WHO states that- last year, 570,000 cervical cancer cases were registered throughout the world and it is the fourth most frequent cancer among women. Only rich nations are benefited from the latest screenings and vaccination which prevents the disease.
In 2012, the disease has killed around 266,000 women globally where 90 percent of them belonged to the low and middle-income countries.
In the new development, a team of researchers has developed an algorithm based on an archive of around 60K cervical images collected from Costa Rica. Once the pictures were collected, the researchers created an AI method- visual evaluation, where it was found effective enough to detect pre-cancerous lesions.
The pictures were photographed with the help of a speculum, small light,and camera – no advanced imaging required. The study was published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute which took almost 18 years and involved more than 9,400 women being diagnosed.
The technology will be launched within 3-5 years which enrolling more patients in clinical trials worldwide and eventually making it easily accessible everywhere.
By comparing the new method and the traditional one- the AI could detect the disease as accurately as 97.7 percent among women’s aged between 25 and 49.
The new technology has not been patented on purpose and its main goal is to cut down cost so that women’s can afford treatment.