Article published in Deutsche Wirtschaftsnachrichten

September 19, 2020
Künstliche Intelligenz unterstützt Ärzte bei Krebs-DiagnoseDie Zahl der Krebsfälle steigt immer mehr. Eine neue Technologie soll Mediziner dabei unterstützen, die Krankheit zu diagnostizieren.

Künstliche Intelligenz unterstützt Ärzte bei Krebs-Diagnose

Die Zahl der Krebsfälle steigt immer mehr. Eine neue Technologie soll Mediziner dabei unterstützen, die Krankheit zu diagnostizieren.

Lesen Sie in diesem Artikel:

• Wie die Künstliche Intelligenz funktioniert

• Wie Ärzte normalerweise arbeiten

• Wie sich der Krebs in Deutschland ausbreitet

Künstliche Intelligenz wird schon längst im Gesundheitswesen eingesetzt. (Foto: dpa)

Das Hamburger Startup "Mindpeak" hat eine Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) entwickelt, die Krebsdiagnosen schneller und sicherer machen soll. Das berichtet der NDR. Für jede Diagnose ist eine Gewebeprobe, die unter dem Mikroskop untersucht wird, die Grundlage. Die Ärzte müssen herausfinden, ob es überhaupt Krebszellen gibt. Und wenn es sie gibt, wie viele sich im Körper befinden.

Genau das ermittelt Mindpeaks KI, deren Funktionsweise Unternehmensgründer Felix Faber folgendermaßen erklärt: „Zuerst markieren wir den Bereich, den wir analysieren wollen. Dann wird das an unseren Server gesendet. Innerhalb weniger Sekunden hat unser System, unsere Künstliche Intelligenz, die Tumorzellen von den Nicht-Tumorzellen differenziert und auch geschaut, welche Tumorzellen markiert sind, um eine Prozentzahl auszurechnen. Die hilft dem Onkologen, die richtige Therapie zu wählen.“

Normalerweise untersucht der Arzt die Zellen mit dem bloßen Auge und trifft dann die Entscheidung, ob eine Krankheit vorliegt. Bei der Software von Mindpeak übernimmt die KI die Untersuchung. Doch ob, der Patient krank ist, entscheidet immer noch der Arzt. "Wenn Sie große Flächen auszählen sollen, da können Sie schon mal ein bisschen müde werden. Oder wenn es um die Beurteilung von sehr kleinen Pünktchen in Zellen geht, wo man 1.000 Zellen auszählen muss. Da ist es tatsächlich so, dass solche Systeme die Konzentration sicherlich besser halten können als wir Menschen'", sagt Professor Markus Tiemann vom Institut für Hämatopathologie.

Die KI ist deswegen so wichtig, weil sich Krankheit überall verstärkt ausbreitet – auch in Deutschland. Statistiken zufolge erkranken hierzulande pro Jahr eine Million Menschen daran. „Es gibt immer mehr Krebsfälle auf der Welt, aber die Anzahl der Ärzte, die diese Krebsdiagnosen erstellen können, die bleibt mehr oder weniger gleich“, sagt Faber.

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