Artificial Intelligence and Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis and Grading, mpMRI, and Active Surveillance
Across all aspects of daily life, artificial intelligence more than ever is harnessing the power of machine learning to automate and improve the efficiency of tasks. This is also true in medicine and, in particular, in the field of prostate cancer. The concept of artificial intelligence began in the 1950s with the prime objective of emulating the cognitive capabilities of human beings in machines. More specifically, artificial intelligence is the ability of a machine to independently replicate intellectual processes typical of human cognition. Machine learning comprises algorithms that parse data, learn from that data, and then apply what they have learned to make informed decisions. Deep learning is a form of machine learning that is inspired by the structure of the human brain and is particularly effective in feature detection:1