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The Safe And Effective Clinical Deployment Of Artificial Intelligence Tools, Kelly Nealon May 2023

The Safe And Effective Clinical Deployment Of Artificial Intelligence Tools, Kelly Nealon

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18 million new cancer cases are diagnosed each year. Roughly half of these patients will be treated with radiation therapy, a complex technique that requires an interdisciplinary team of clinical staff and expensive equipment to be delivered safely. Cancer centers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC) have an especially difficult time meeting the demands of radiation therapy as the complexity of treatment techniques increase, with only 37% of patients in these regions having access to the care they need. Artificial Intelligence (AI) based tools are being developed to simplify the treatment planning and quality assurance processes to increase the number …