Researchers at the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), Heidelberg University and Heidelberg University Hospital have developed an AI system capable of classifying brain tumours within minutes using standard microscopic tissue samples.
The system, called Hetairos, can distinguish between more than a hundred molecular subtypes of tumours in the central nervous system, representing a potential breakthrough in the diagnosis of brain and spinal cord tumours.
When the three most likely diagnoses were taken into account, Hetairos's score rose to 84 percent, whilst the neuropathologists achieved around 50 percent.
Whereas full molecular diagnostics took an average of twelve days, Hetairos generated a classification within twelve minutes on standard computer hardware.
Including preparation and digitisation of the tissue sections, results could often be available within one to two days.
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