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by thethimble 1749 days ago
Another interesting subtlety is that there are only a finite amount of radiologists and they’re generally concentrated in wealthy countries/areas.

AI based analysis - whether it’s better than a human radiologist or not - is far more scalable and cost effective. Even if used as a screening mechanism to be escalated to a human radiologist, this approach will be very helpful to much of the world.