This is How Bakery’s AI Made Cancer Detection a Piece of Cake [Video]

AI is dynamically impacting the healthcare sector, and cancer detection is no exception. From diagnosing early-stage breast cancer to pinpointing the origin of unknown tumors, AI is solving several complex healthcare problems.

But have you ever heard of a bakery playing a role in this fight?

This article explores the incredible journey of BakeryScan, a seemingly ordinary bakery AI system developed by Hisashi Kambe’s team at BRAIN Co., Ltd. in Japan. BakeryScan’s initial purpose was far removed from the medical field, but it took an unexpected turn and became a potential game-changer in cancer cell detection.

Japanese bakeries needed AI for their checkout systems because of two key challenges:

1. Huge Variety of Pastries: Unlike Western bakeries with a limited selection, Japanese bakeries offer hundreds of different and constantly evolving pastries. Traditional barcode scanners wouldn’t work for this vast and ever-changing range.
2. Unwrapped Pastries:For aesthetic reasons, Japanese bakeries often display pastries unwrapped. This eliminates the option …