The Deep View: AI tool helps diagnose cancer 30% faster

Posted on December 23, 2025 by michelleclarke2015
AI tool helps diagnose cancer 30% faster
In radiology, a new AI tool is helping fill the gap left by a shortage of radiologists to read CT scans. It’s also helping to improve early detection and get diagnosis data to patients faster. It’s not by replacing skilled medical professionals, but assisting them. 
The breakthrough came at the University of Tartu in Estonia, where computer scientists, radiologists, and medical professionals collaborated on a study published in the journal Nature.
The tool, called BMVision, uses deep learning to detect and assess kidney cancer. AI startup Better Medicine is commercializing the software. 
“Kidney cancer is one of the most common cancers of the urinary system. It is typically identified using … [CT] scans, which are carefully reviewed by radiologists. However, there are not enough radiologists, and the demand for scans is growing. This makes it more challenging to provide patients with fast and accurate results,” said Dmytro Fishman, co-founder of Better Medicine, and one of the authors of the study.
Here’s how the study worked:
The AI software was tested by a team of six radiologists on a total of 2,400 scans. Each radiologist used BMVision to help interpret 200 CT scans. Each scan was measured twice: once with AI and once without. Accuracy, reporting times and inter-radiologist agreement were compared. Using the AI software reduced the time to identify, measure, and report malignant lesions by 30%. The time for radiologists to read scans was reduced by 33% on average, and as much as 52% in some cases. Auto-generated reports significantly reduced the time for typing and dictation. Use of the tool improved sensitivity by about 6%, leading to greater accuracy and agreement between radiologists. The study said AI wouldn’t replace radiologists but would become a valuable assistant
In the journal article, the authors of the study concluded, “We found that BMVision enables radiologists to work more efficiently and consistently. Tools like BMVision can help patients by making cancer diagnosis faster, more reliable, and more widely available.”
Completely separate from one another, I had two friends in 2025 who had a tumor that needed to be scanned. In both cases, they had the scan done but had to wait weeks before their medical team could read and interpret the results. They each downloaded the raw test data from their chart and fed it into ChatGPT. In both cases, the information the AI provided was nearly identical to what they eventually received from their medical provider. AI certainly can’t replace medical professionals, but if it can make them faster, more responsive, and more accurate, it would be a huge win.
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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