MIT professor, cancer survivor, awarded for AI mammogram analysis program that better detects risks – Boston News, Weather, Sports [Video]

BOSTON (WHDH) – Cancer survivor Dr. Regina Barzilay is a cancer survivor who is using her experience to help others.

The professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology helped develop a way for artificial intelligence to analyze mammograms, with an algorithm that can detect small changes that might otherwise go unnoticed, which means possibly being able to predict developing cancers up to five years earlier.

“Once we finished developing the system we looked back at my own mammograms and it’s quite clear that my cancer was seen by machines at least two years before my diagnosis,” Barzilay said.

Now, 10 years cancer-free, Barzilay said her cancer battle led her to study ways to use AI predictive technology.

Her new AI too, called MIRAI, allows women to get a higher resolution breast cancer screening.

It also analyzes mammograms to assess future risks, especially in aggressive cancers that affect younger women.

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