UK NSC sponsors new research into use of AI in breast screening
Researchers are being invited to apply to lead a prospective evaluation study on the use of artificial intelligence in breast screening.
Rosalind Given-Wilson
Dr Rosalind Given-Wilson is a Consultant Radiologist at St Georges Healthcare NHS Trust.
She set up the South West London breast screening service in 1991 and was Director of Screening, then Medical Director of St Georges until 2015. She is a Non Executive Director at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
She has research interests in the optimisation of breast imaging and decision making having published more than 120 papers and abstracts. She ran the St Georges national breast screening training centre providing postgraduate training and has held the Royal College of Radiologists Breast Imaging Professorship. She was involved in work on implementing Duty of Candour in breast screening, is a member of the UK National Screening Committee and chair of its adult reference group.
More work to do before we know if AI is safe to use in the NHS Breast Screening Programme
A review of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in breast cancer screening, commissioned by the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), has found that humans are still better than technology at spotting possible cases of breast cancer during screening.