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Computers hurt mammogram results, instead of help

Posted: Apr 5th 2007 11:07AM by Rigel Celeste
Filed under: Health and Technology, Women's Health

Technology took a hit today when it was discovered that once again computers can't always do it better than humans can. The latest example is how well computers recognize and diagnose abnormal mammograms -- instead of the expected idea that they might miss things a human eye would catch, computer-read mammograms actually find too much -- they increase the risk of a "false positive."

So, all kinds of poor women have undergone unnecessary biopsies, along with the horrendous anxiety and stress that goes along with waiting and wondering if you have cancer. Thanks, technology.

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