How AI could change the way we go to the hospital

A trip to see your doctor might look a little different in a decade.

From robots performing surgeries, to cancer-detection technology far better than anything we've seen before, artificial Intelligence is opening up a world of possibilities in health.

At Melbourne's St Vincent's Hospital, Dr Helen Frazer is leading a study into using artificial intelligence to read mammograms and detect breast cancer.

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"AI is excellent at pattern recognition, and radiologists are pattern doctors," she said.

"And in my field of breast cancer detection, on mammography, for the screening program, we're looking for very early, subtle changes in cancer."

Frazer says the results are staggering.

"Artificial intelligence in breast cancer screening can truly save lives by improving on the accuracy of the test and detecting cancer early before it spreads outside the breast, where survival is almost perfect."

AI radiologists could be just the start.

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