Lung Imaging to Improve with New Database
Many people go to the doctor each year to get the very important lung scan which helps to detect lung cancer in the early stages so that treatment can be implemented and the disease can be nipped in the bud before becoming fatal. While the lung scan is an important tool, it is something that could stand to be improved. The problem is not in the technology itself, which is stellar, but rather in the ability of experts to completely and accurately read the information coming from the lung scan.
A new project aims to make this a more successful area of imaging by establishing a database of lung cancer information against which lung scans can be compared so that patients don't have to rely on the eyes of their doctors alone. The lung scan database would allow for computers to assist in reading lung scans and would therefore improve the detection rates of lung cancer.
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