Three experiments found that the birds can pick out diseased breast tissue with an accuracy rate of up to 99% and could abet develop new imaging techniquesPigeons can distinguish between healthy and cancerous tissue in x-rays and microscope slides with an accuracy rate of up to 99%,according to a new study in Plos One.
In a series of three experiments, led by Richard Levenson, and professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the University of California Davis Medical Center,it was found that pigeons contain the capacity to memorize how to identify whether an image shows healthy or cancerous breast tissue. The birds “share many visual system properties with humans”, according to the study.
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