AI takes on breast cancer detection: can machines match expert radiologists?
NCT ID NCT07500428
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study will test how well artificial intelligence (AI) can interpret breast ultrasound images using the latest BI-RADS criteria. Researchers will collect over 1,300 past ultrasound images with confirmed diagnoses and have expert radiologists annotate them. Then, various AI models will be evaluated on their accuracy in classifying breast lesions as benign or malignant. The goal is to build a standard benchmark to assess AI performance in breast imaging, which could help improve future diagnosis.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 1,380 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2026
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
De-identified breast ultrasound images from adult patients who underwent breast ultrasound examination at Peking Union Medical College Hospital between 2018 and 2025 with subsequent pathological confirmation, supplemented by images from published, ethics-approved, open-access breast ultrasound datasets (e.g., BUSI, BrEaST).
- Ages
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18 to 75 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * B-mode breast ultrasound grayscale images from the institutional PACS database or from published open-access breast ultrasound datasets with documented original institutional ethics approval * Image quality adequate for clinical diagnosis with clear visualization of the region of interest * Pathological diagnosis confirmed (for benign and malignant lesion groups), or normal breast status confirmed by a senior radiologist with \>15 years of breast ultrasound experience (for the normal group) * Complete de-identification with removal of all personally identifiable information Exclusion Criteria: * Severely degraded image quality precluding meaningful BI-RADS assessment * Duplicate images from the same patient (only the most representative image retained per lesion) * Images with residual personally identifiable information after de-identification processing * Cases with ambiguous, disputed, or unavailable pathological results * Non-B-mode ultrasound images, including elastography, contrast-enhanced ultrasound, and Doppler imaging
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Conditions
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Locations
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Peking Union Medical College Hospital
RECRUITINGBeijing, 100730, China
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