Scientists from the University of Gothenburg have developed an algorithm that assesses the severity of skin melanoma as accurately as dermatologists. The system was developed to help doctors determine the stage that a skin cancer has reached. While patients often independently find melanomas by spotting a new mole or a change in an existing one, even dermatologists can struggle to decide whether it’s invasive or not. The researchers suspected that AI could assist them with the task. [Read: How Polestar is using blockchain to increase transparency] They classified the melanomas with a convolutional neural network (CNN), a powerful method of analyzing images that’s proven…
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