According to Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 28, October every year is Breast Cancer Prevention Month. What kind of sparks can artificial intelligence and cancer prevention and treatment collide with? The reporter learned from Peking Union Medical College Hospital that the artificial intelligence-based infrared thermal imaging system (AI-IRT) independently developed by the breast surgery research team of the hospital is expected to be used in preclinical screening of breast cancer to optimize breast cancer screening strategies and improve breast cancer screening. contribute to patient survival.
Wang Xuefei, an attending physician at the Breast Surgery Department of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, said that the research translation result - an infrared thermal imaging system based on artificial intelligence, is small in size, low in cost and high in efficiency, and is expected to enable women to complete preclinical screening conveniently and efficiently at home or in the community. check.
The current research results have been published in the famous surgical journal "International Journal of Surgery". An anonymous reviewer of the journal stated that this study fills some gaps in preclinical breast cancer screening research worldwide and is expected to contribute to the optimization of breast cancer screening strategies and improve patient survival rates.