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Lukas Hirsch¹, Yu Huang¹, Hernan A Makse¹

¹City College of New York, 160 Convent Ave, New York, New York 10031, USA.

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|October 31, 2024

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An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can detect breast cancer in MRI scans up to a year earlier than human radiologists. This AI tool shows promise for improving early breast cancer detection in high-risk women.

Keywords:

Breast cancer Deep learning Early detection Magnetic resonance imaging

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Area of Science:

Medical Imaging
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Oncology

Background:

Early detection of breast cancer is crucial for improving patient outcomes.
Current screening methods, including MRI, have limitations in detecting cancers at their earliest stages.
High-risk women require advanced screening tools for timely diagnosis.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and evaluate an AI algorithm for detecting breast cancer in MRI scans.
To assess the AI's capability to identify cancers up to one year before typical radiologist detection.
To enhance early breast cancer detection in high-risk populations.

Main Methods:

A convolutional neural network (CNN) AI model was fine-tuned on a retrospective dataset of 3029 breast MRI scans.
The dataset included 115 cancers diagnosed within one year of a prior negative MRI.
The AI model was trained to predict cancer development up to one year in advance using 10-fold cross-validation.

Main Results:

The AI algorithm detected cancers one year earlier with an area under the ROC curve of 0.72.
Retrospective radiologist analysis of AI-ranked high-risk MRIs could have increased early detection by up to 30%.
The AI identified the anatomic region of future cancers in 66 out of 115 cases.

Conclusions:

AI-aided re-evaluation of breast MRI scans shows potential for improving early breast cancer detection.
This AI approach is expected to become more impactful with larger datasets and improved image quality.
The study highlights the promise of AI in enhancing breast cancer screening for high-risk women.