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Irish patients to benefit from AI screening, says public health expert

Ireland is preparing to incorporate artificial intelligence into programmes such as BreastCheck, with ‘potentially enormous benefits for patients’

A new paper published last week by Swedish researchers found that the use of AI in breast screening detected 20 per cent more cancers and could almost halve the workload of radiologists

Patients of the National Screening Service could soon be assessed by artificial intelligence (AI), a senior public health physician with the service has told the Business Post.

The news comes as a new paper published in the Lancet Oncology Journal last week by Swedish researchers found that the use of AI in breast screening detected 20 per cent more cancers and could almost halve the workload of radiologists.

Alan Smith, specialist in public health medicine ...