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ArticlePloS one2015

Assessment of the Incremental Benefit of Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) for Interpretation of CT Colonography by Experienced and Inexperienced Readers.

Darren Boone, Susan Mallett, Justine McQuillan, Stuart A Taylor, Douglas G Altman, Steve Halligan

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Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Darren BooneCentre for Medical Imaging, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Susan MallettSchool of Health and Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Justine McQuillanCentre for Medical Imaging, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Stuart A TaylorCentre for Medical Imaging, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Douglas G AltmanCentre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Steve HalliganCentre for Medical Imaging, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
University College London · GBUniversity of Birmingham · GBUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 16895Department of Health RP-PG-0407-10338
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo quantify the incremental benefit of computer-assisted-detection (CAD) for polyps, for inexperienced readers versus experienced readers of CT colonography.

methods10 inexperienced and 16 experienced radiologists interpreted 102 colonography studies unassisted and with CAD utilised in a concurrent paradigm. They indicated any polyps detected on a study sheet. Readers' interpretations were compared against a ground-truth reference standard: 46 studies were normal and 56 had at least one polyp (132 polyps in total). The primary study outcome was the difference in CAD net benefit (a combination of change in sensitivity and change in specificity with CAD, weighted towards sensitivity) for detection of patients with polyps.

resultsInexperienced readers' per-patient sensitivity rose from 39.1% to 53.2% with CAD and specificity fell from 94.1% to 88.0%, both statistically significant. Experienced readers' sensitivity rose from 57.5% to 62.1% and specificity fell from 91.0% to 88.3%, both non-significant. Net benefit with CAD assistance was significant for inexperienced readers but not for experienced readers: 11.2% (95%CI 3.1% to 18.9%) versus 3.2% (95%CI -1.9% to 8.3%) respectively.

conclusionsConcurrent CAD resulted in a significant net benefit when used by inexperienced readers to identify patients with polyps by CT colonography. The net benefit was nearly four times the magnitude of that observed for experienced readers. Experienced readers did not benefit significantly from concurrent CAD.

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Colonography, Computed TomographicComputer-Aided DesignRadiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-AssistedColonic PolypsHumans

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PMID26355745
PMCPMC4565691
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