Women's health

Artificial Intelligence enhances breast cancer screening

Artificial intelligence offers radiologists smart support in breast cancer screening

4min
Published on October 21, 2020

In breast cancer screening programs, such as the one running in the Netherlands, a high volume of mammography data is acquired. Radiologists have to evaluate hundreds of images every day with precision and often under time pressure. Artificial intelligence (AI) offers radiologists smart support: “It’s like having an additional colleague at the press of a button,” says radiologist Ritse Mann of Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Case score

When evaluation mammography images, radiologists at Radboud University Medical Center are supported by artificial intelligence.

AI-driven case scoring holds great potential


Ritse Mann, MD, PhD, head of breast imaging, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

A second opinion at the press of a button

AI speeds up tomosynthesis evaluation

Tomosynthesis evaluation is also facilitated with the AI software.

Artificial intelligence from the patient’s perspective