AI Matches Radiologists in Diagnosing Lung Cancer.

 A study published in Radiology found that deep learning artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm diagnosed lung cancer from chest radiographs at a rate similar to radiologists.  The researchers tested it on 10,285 radiographs form 10,202 individuals with 10 radiographs with visible cancer.  The algorithm showed comparable sensitivity 90% to 60% for the radiologists.  In a screening cohort of 100,525 chest x-rays from 50,070 individuals with 47 radiographs with lung cancer, the algorithm's sensitivity was 83% and false positive rate was 3%.  The investigators suggested the algorithm could prove useful especially for clinicians treating healthy persons with lower prevalence of lung cancer.