AI in endoscopy and medicolegal issues: the computer is guilty in case of missed cancer?

Ivan Jovanovic

doi:10.1055/a-1214-5858

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Endosc Int Open 2020; 08(10): E1385-E1386
DOI: 10.1055/a-1214-5858

Editorial

AI in endoscopy and medicolegal issues: the computer is guilty in case of missed cancer?

Ivan Jovanovic

¹Clinical Center of Serbia – Clinic for Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Beograd, Serbia

²University of Belgrade Faculty of Medicine, Beograd, Serbia

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