In what Skin Analytics are calling a “watershed moment” for AI in health, this makes DERM the world’s first AI tool which is legally authorised to independently make clinical decisions on skin cancer without oversight.
I tried the new AI scan for skin cancer with results in 30 seconds — and it's better than a dermatologist How many times have you noticed a strange new freckle, a slight change in a mole or an oddly coloured patch of skin on your body and chosen to just ignore it?
A report commissioned by NHS England found that Skin Analytics’ Artificial Intelligence as a Medical Device (AIaMD) achieves a 99.8 pre cent accuracy rate in ruling out cancer, compared to the 98.9 per cent accuracy rate of dermatologists.
Practically, it currently works like this: you have one appointment with a medical professional (mine was Kirsten, a former physician associate for the NHS and current Skin Analytics product manager) who photographs any “lesions” you’re concerned about using an iPhone with a lens attachment called a dermatoscope.
Skin Analytics has developed an AI-assisted medical tool, “DERM”, to assess potential skin cancers from a photograph without the need for a doctor.
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