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A study by MIT researchers has found that doctors are less accurate at diagnosing skin diseases in patients with darker skin tones. Over 1,000 dermatologists and general practitioners took part in the study, which found that dermatologists correctly diagnosed images of skin diseases 38% of the time, with the figure falling to 34% for darker…

A study led by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has revealed that physicians' success at diagnosing skin diseases using images is lower when the subject has darker skin. The study documented the accuracy of over 1,000 dermatologists and general practitioners at diagnosing diseases based on images, and found that while dermatologists correctly…

A new study by researchers from MIT revealed that doctors are less accurate in diagnosing skin diseases when the patient has darker skin. The study involved over 1,000 dermatologists and general practitioners, with dermatologists accurately diagnosing about 38 percent of their caseload based on images. However, for darker skin, the accuracy dropped to 34 percent.…

Doctors struggle to accurately diagnose skin diseases in patients with darker skin, an MIT study has found. The study examined the diagnostic success rates of more than 1,000 dermatologists and general practitioners, revealing that dermatologists successfully diagnosed approximately 38% of conditions from images, but only 34% of those presenting darker skin. General practitioners showed similar…

A study by MIT researchers has found that doctors are less accurate when diagnosing skin diseases in patients with darker skin, based on images only. The study, which included over 1,000 dermatologists and general practitioners, found that dermatologists accurately diagnosed about 38% of the images they saw, but only 34% of those that showed darker…

A new study from MIT researchers reveals that doctors are less accurate when diagnosing skin diseases in patients with darker skin, based solely on images. The study surveyed more than 1,000 dermatologists and general practitioners, finding that while dermatologists accurately characterized about 38% of the images, they only accurately diagnosed 34% of those featuring darker…

A new study by MIT researchers reveals that doctors are less accurate in diagnosing skin diseases in darker-skinned patients when relying solely on images of the patient's skin. The research involved over 1,000 dermatologists and general practitioners and showed dermatologists correctly identified about 38% of images they saw, and just 34% of the images displaying…

A new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) suggests that doctors are less accurate when diagnosing skin conditions on darker skin tones based solely on images. The study, which involved more than 1,000 dermatologists and general doctors, revealed that only 34% of images displaying darker skin were accurately diagnosed by dermatologists, compared to…

A recent study by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) indicates that when diagnosing skin diseases based on images, doctors are less accurate when the patient has darker skin. The study involved over 1,000 dermatologists and general practitioners. The accuracy rate of dermatologists diagnosing correctly dropped from 38% on images of lighter skin…

Researchers from MIT have discovered that doctors underperform when diagnosing skin diseases in patients with darker skin based on image assessment. Their study included over a 1,000 dermatologists and general practitioners, revealing that dermatologists accurately identified diseases on images around 38% of the time, but their success rate dropped to 34% when it came to…

A study conducted by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) found that doctors and dermatologists accomplish lower diagnostic accuracy rates when examining images of darker skin tones compared to lighter ones. Technologically-assisted diagnosis offered greater improvements when assessing lighter skin. More than 1,000 practitioners, including dermatologists and general practitioners, categorized an array of 364…