The recommendation aims to speed up the time taken to produce outlines of healthy organs, in order to help target cancer cells while avoiding healthy cells nearby, which can save healthcare professionals (HCPs) time and money.
For manual contours, a review stage currently takes place. New evidence has suggested that AI is quicker than manual contouring, including the time it takes for HCPs to review and edit the AI contouring.
In a recent Swedish study, evidence suggested that using AI technology was quicker and as accurate as HCPs in successfully screening and detecting breast cancer in 244 people, while also halving the screening times of standard care scan assessments.
