Fascinating! For every 10 scans containing an abnormality, a radiologist is likely to miss three of them. To prevent medical imaging misses, researchers successfully trained six pigeons to watch short CT scan videos and decide whether or not they showed a lung nodule.
Pigeons were chosen since their visual system works a lot like the unconscious part of human vision. The researchers hope to turn their findings into powerful medical AI tools that doctors can use to prevent medical misses.
Source: Popular Science, June 23, 2026. Link.
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