Article 5RQCP AI skin cancer diagnoses risk being less accurate for dark skin – study

AI skin cancer diagnoses risk being less accurate for dark skin – study

by
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
from Science | The Guardian on (#5RQCP)

Research finds few image databases available to develop technology contain details on ethnicity or skin type

AI systems being developed to diagnose skin cancer run the risk of being less accurate for people with dark skin, research suggests.

The potential of AI has led to developments in healthcare, with some studies suggesting image recognition technology based on machine learning algorithms can classify skin cancers as successfully as human experts.

Continue reading...
External Content
Source RSS or Atom Feed
Feed Location http://feeds.theguardian.com/theguardian/science/rss
Feed Title Science | The Guardian
Feed Link https://www.theguardian.com/science
Feed Copyright Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2025
Reply 0 comments