The Connecting Viaduct At Pomona On The Manchester Metrolink
These pictures shown the connecting viaduct at Pomona tram stop on the Manchester Metrolink, where the new Trafford Park Line joins the existing network.
This Google Map shows Pomona tram stop.
Note.
- The pictures were taken from alongside the canal.
- The Trafford Park Line goes off towards the West.
- The Eccles Line crosses the canal and goes North towards MediaCityUK and Eccles.
- Manchester City Centre is to the East.
The trackbed to the West is mainly on level streets, so this viaduct appears to be the only new substantial bridge or viaduct on the line.
The New Third Platform At Crumpsall Tram Stop
These pictures show the new third platform at Crumpsall tram stop on the Bury Line of the Manchester Metrolink.
The new platform will be the Northern terminus of the Trafford Park Line.
This Google Map shows the third platform under construction.
The new platform is on the Eastern side of the tracks of the Bury Line through the station.
AI ‘Outperforms’ Doctors Diagnosing Breast Cancer
The title of this post is the same as that of this article on the BBC.
This is the first two paragraphs.
Artificial intelligence is more accurate than doctors in diagnosing breast cancer from mammograms, a study in the journal Nature suggests.
An international team, including researchers from Google Health and Imperial College London, designed and trained a computer model on X-ray images from nearly 29,000 women.
I have rarely worked with healthcare data, so I can’t comment on the accuracy of this trial.
However, over fifty years ago, I was able to make a lot of progress in the analysis of mass spectrometry data, by observing operators and asking how they identified various chemicals in the scan from the mass spectrometer.
I wouldn’t be surprised to find some detailed observation of the working methods of radiologists, formed the foundation data for this research.
The research seems to have done it well, judging by the published results.
Should we trust ourselves to methods like this in healthcare?
Undoubtedly! Yes!
Many systems like this are starting to be used in the maintenance of complex entities, as diverse as trains, planes, chemical works and advanced automated distribution depots.
But every fault, is always tested by a trained person.
This is a paragraph from the BBC article.
Prof Ara Darzi, report co-author and director of the Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Imperial Centre, told the BBC: “This went far beyond my expectations. It will have a significant impact on improving the quality of reporting, and also free up radiologists to do even more important things.”
I very much feel we will see very much more of this automated testing of the human body! And not just for cancer!
I already know of groups working on automatic diagnosis of arthritis!
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