AI SAVED MY LIFE

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- BY AMANDA KEENAN

A WOMAN says AI saved her life after a lung cancer X-ray.

Liz Couser, 76, was referred for a scan by her GP after experiencing unusual chest pain.

The pensioner, from Johnstone, then took part in an AI-assisted pilot scheme at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, which spotted the disease.

For Liz, the diagnosis proved pivotal, as she had displayed no typical symptoms.

She said: "The only symptom I had was pain in my chest and I just thought it was muscular or perhaps cardiac-related.

"Lung cancer never crossed my mind as I'd none of the symptoms associated with it, such as a cough.