in 2016, a private company, kheiron medical technologies, began training an ai model called mia, using thousands of medical scans. itsjob — to identify breast cancer. the health service is experiencing massive staff shortages. experimentation with al could eventually relieve some of that pressure. the first clinical evaluation of its kind is being carried out here. ordinarily, two human radiologists would examine every scan, looking for conditions like breast cancer. but could the technology that's being tested here one day replace one of those human medical staff with an ai? i think the goal of this evaluation is to see what's the best way we can work with al, whether it's replacing one of the radiologists, whether it's part reading some of the normal mammograms, or whether it's to improve our cancer detection as a safety net. this project is a collaboration between the nhs, the university of aberdeen and private companies: microsoft providing cloud computing, and the ai model developed by kheiron. the next steps of the - partnership is that we are taking our ai across the uk to over

in 2016, a private company, kheiron medical technologies, began training an a!ng at them. em, whereas when it's an artificial intelligence, you...you know, that sort of bit of feeling that somebody is looking in on has gone. the biopsy showed that i do have an early stage cancer. they've certainly caught it at an earlier stage this time, but because i have had previous history with it, i'm going to go in and have a mastectomy. it's not treatment i want to have. but at the same time, it's reassuring that it's been caught. since shooting this film, june has had a mastectomy. she's now doing well. the full results of aberdeen“s ai evaluation will be available in march 2024. screening programmes are crucial for improving patient outcomes. for now, medical staff are still the first line of defence in protecting against breast cancer, but a! is likely to play a significant role in future life—saving efforts. and that set for the shorter version of our ai catch up. the full—length version can be found on iplayer. thanks for watching. we will see you soon. �* , good mor