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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Nick Forbes

New AI tool could speed up skin cancer diagnoses in remote parts of world

A researcher in a Scottish university has developed AI tools that could enable remote communities to access quick, life-saving skin cancer diagnoses (Jeff Moore/PA) - (PA Wire)

A researcher at a Scottish university has developed AI tools that could give people in remote areas of the world access to fast and potentially life-saving skin cancer diagnoses.

Tess Watt, the PhD student at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh who led the project to develop the technology, said it is intended to enable early detection of skin conditions anywhere in the world, and without the need for direct access to dermatologists.

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