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Re:Use of artificial intelligence for image analysis in brea... by cratermoon on Thursday September 02, 2021 @02:40PM (#28395741)
> Still make your money very fast.

Not much consolation for the families of the dead patients that your software misdiagnosed.

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Re:Use of artificial intelligence for image analysis in brea... by anchpop on Thursday September 02, 2021 @03:05PM (#28396011)
I doubt your reasoning will be much consolation to the families of people who didn't get a scan because it cost $50 rather than $5
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Re:Use of artificial intelligence for image analysis in brea... by nradov on Thursday September 02, 2021 @04:15PM (#28396809)
US medical insurers are required to fully cover mammography screening at no cost to the patient.

https://www.hrsa.gov/womens-guidelines/index.html

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Re:Use of artificial intelligence for image analysis in brea... by colinmhayes on Thursday September 02, 2021 @06:02PM (#28397940)
Many americans don't have insurance.
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Re:Use of artificial intelligence for image analysis in brea... by detaro on Thursday September 02, 2021 @03:07PM (#28396025)
note that GP assumed still charging $50 for some nice profit.
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Re:Use of artificial intelligence for image analysis in brea... by cratermoon on Thursday September 02, 2021 @03:35PM (#28396361)
And didn't take into account the additional costs and risks of unnecessary treatments or surgery if the AI returns a false positive.
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