Women's health

Artificial Intelligence enhances breast cancer screening

Artificial intelligence offers radiologists smart support in breast cancer screening

4 min
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