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Your comments do not seem to be addressing this particular study, but rather seem to be directed at the plethora of poorly-designed/over-hyped ML papers that ar
by 1e-9 7y ago
Your comments do not seem to be addressing this particular study, but rather seem to be directed at the plethora of poorly-designed/over-hyped ML papers that are published on a regular basis. While that is an issue, this particular paper made no claims about disruption and it had nothing to do with diagnostic performance. It was a screening study that appears to make sound comparisons to the performance of five reasonably-qualified radiologists on screening images.
- wdevanny 7y agoI think their comment is a very needed bucket of ice water on the multitude of other comments in this thread that are making claims about disruption and diagnostic performance.
- 1e-9 7y agoCan you point to a particular comment in this thread making a claim about disruption or diagnostic performance?
- neuro_image3 7y agoThe next main root comment. 'Of the major specialties, it seams that radiology is the most in danger of disruption'. I wonder how long people think about these sorts of claims before posting them. Do they really think an AI is more likely to appropriately interpret an MRI scan (and all the anatomic, physics and pathophysiological data therein contained) in the context of a specific clinical work-up more easily than triage patients the way a family practitioner or ER doctor does?
- jeffreygoesto 7y agoAI is not "interpret"ing. It is merely using a fitted distribution. Just because there are many degrees of freedom fitted does not make it magic.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoI'm as skeptical about today's "AI" as you can get, but FWIW, medical community seems concerned about it. Going by what my acquaintance fresh out of medical school keeps telling me (and what the doctors chambers' publications seem to be saying), doctors are worried about the impact of AI on their jobs, and they believe the (IMO vastly exaggerated) claims of effectiveness of upcoming solutions. And radiology does seem to be at the forefront of this - the question whether it's even worth it to start specializing in radiology today is one seriously considered by graduates.
- 1e-9 7y agoThere was no claim in that comment. "It seems" implies a personal opinion of the poster.