[Artificial intelligence: a solution for the lack of pathologists?].

Journal: Der Pathologe
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Abstract

Given the rapid developments, there is no doubt that artificial intelligence (AI) will substantially impact pathological diagnostics. However, it remains an open question if AI will primarily be another diagnostic tool, such as immunohistochemistry, or if AI will also be able to replace human expertise. Most current studies on AI in histopathology deal with relatively simple diagnostic problems and are not yet capable of coping with the complexity of routine diagnostics. While some methods in molecular pathology would already be unthinkable without AI, it remains to be shown how AI will also be able to help with difficult histomorphological differential diagnoses in the future.

Authors

  • Philipp Jurmeister
    Institute of Pathology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
  • Klaus-Robert Müller
    Berlin Institute for the Foundations of Learning and Data (BIFOLD), Berlin, Deutschland.
  • Frederick Klauschen
    Pathologisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Thalkirchner Str. 36, 80337, München, Deutschland. f.klauschen@lmu.de.