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AI technology used to read mammograms could put patients at potential risk: study

Radiologists used AI to categorize breast cancer findings within x-rays in a study with conflicting results — and some misinformation could put patients at risk. Here is detail from a new study.

Using AI technology to read mammograms and assist in making diagnoses could put patients at risk, a new study is revealing.

Often touted as a "second set of eyes" for radiologists, AI-based mammographic support systems are "extremely promising," said news agency SWNS.

But as the technology grows and expands, there are concerns among some that it may make radiologists "favor the AI’s suggestion over their own," the agency added.

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The Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at the University Hospital Cologne, Germany, conducted the study.

As part of the study, 27 radiologists read 50 mammograms and provided their Breast Imaging Report and Data System (BI-RADS) assessment to categorize breast imagining findings.

The 50 mammogram findings were split up into two random sets — one with 10 reports and the other with 40, according to SWNS. 

The reports contained a mix of correct and incorrect BI-RADS category suggestions by AI. 

The AI system’s prediction had a significant impact on the accuracy of every group of radiologists (inexperienced, moderately experienced and very experienced). Readers were more likely to assign an incorrect BI-RADS category when the AI system suggested the same category — and vice versa, as HealthImaging.com pointed out in its analysis of the study.

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The study concluded that when radiologists used AI-suggested categories to assign BI-RADS scores, they — the radiologists — performed worse than when they did it on their own. 

Even experienced radiologists, with an average of over 15 years of experience, saw their accuracy fall from 82% to roughly 45% when the AI technology suggested a different category, the study found. 

Lead author Dr. Thomas Dratsch told SWNS that the researchers anticipated inaccurate AI predictions would influence radiologists' judgment.

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"It was surprising to find that even highly experienced radiologists were adversely impacted by the AI system’s judgments, albeit to a lesser extent than their less seasoned counterparts," he said. 

The study concluded that humans should use AI with caution. 

"Our findings emphasize the need for implementing appropriate safeguards when incorporating AI into the radiological process, to mitigate the negative consequences of automation bias," he told SWNS.

The study findings were published in the journal Radiology. 

ChatGPT is one of the most popular forms of AI.

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Users can ask the computer-generated bot any question and receive an answer almost immediately.

In a recent study by the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM), researchers asked ChatGPT the same question three times — and found that 22 out of 25 breast cancer screening-related questions were answered correctly by the AI bot.

However, the study found that ChatGPT gave different answers for the same question in their three replies — and gave outdated information in general.

Fox News Digital's Melissa Rudy contributed to this report. 

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