Oak Ridge National Laboratory experimented with deep learning to improve cancer research

Briefing

Oak Ridge National Laboratory experimented with deep learning to improve cancer research

December 16, 2016

Briefing

  • Automation – Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers applied deep learning to automate extraction of information from cancer pathology reports
  • Two tasks – Program tasked to identify cancer's primary location, including which side of body cancer was located
  • Results – Algorithm performed significantly better than other methods
  • Benefits – Can enable medical researchers and policy makers to gain detailed view of U.S. cancer population, which can uncover overlooked areas of cancer research and accelerate therapy development

Accelerator

Sector

Healthcare/Health Sciences

Organization

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Source

Original Publication Date

November 8, 2016

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