A Chinese robot beat 15 doctors in the diagnosis of brain tumors

An artificial intelligence system manufactured in China won by 2-0 a team of fifteen prestigious doctors from the country in a two-round competition in which they had to diagnose brain tumors and bruises to sick patients, in a competition held at the Beijing Tiantan Hospital.

The System BioMind AI developed by the Center for Research on Artificial Intelligence for Neurological Disorders at this hospital and by a team from the Capital Medical University University, made in a quarter of # 39; 87% time of correct diagnoses (of a total of 225 cases), compared to 66% that the team of doctors got.

With regard to the prediction of cerebral hematoma, its accuracy was 83%, while doctors – from prestigious hospitals in the country – accounted for 63% of cases

In both tests , the level of accuracy of humans was "quite normal and inclusive". n better than average accuracy achieved in ordinary hospitals, "said Gao Peiyi, head of the department of radiology at Tiantan Hospital, leader in neurology and neurosurgery.

The robot has been formed over the past ten years by storing tens of thousands of images of nervous system-related diseases, which makes it capable of diagnosing common neurological diseases such as meningioma and the glioma with a precision rate of over 90%.

The vice president of the hospital, Wang Yongjun, He noted that the important thing is not to know who came out winner, because "the contest did not l & # 39; Intention to confront humans with technology but to help doctors learn and improve through interaction, especially the more "skeptical".

participating doctors and who was eliminated in the second round, Lin Yi, said that he is pleased with the use of artificial intelligence, The jury has meanwhile said that l & # 39; Artificial intelligence will never replace the professionals, but will function in the same way as the use of GPS by a driver.

] EFE