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ArticleActa radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987)2023

Artificial intelligence for assistance of radiology residents in chest CT evaluation for COVID-19 pneumonia: a comparative diagnostic accuracy study.

Lucja Mlynska, Amer Malouhi, Maja Ingwersen, Felix Güttler, Stephanie Gräger, Ulf Teichgräber

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Article in Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987), 2023. 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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Lucja MlynskaDepartment for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany.
Amer MalouhiDepartment for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany.
Maja IngwersenDepartment for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6943-2184
Felix GüttlerDepartment for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany.
Stephanie GrägerDepartment for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany.
Ulf TeichgräberDepartment for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4048-3938
Friedrich Schiller University Jena · DE

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Abstract

backgroundIn hospitals, it is crucial to rule out coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) timely and reliably. Artificial intelligence (AI) provides sufficient accuracy to identify chest computed tomography (CT) scans with signs of COVID-19. PURPOSE: To compare the diagnostic accuracy of radiologists with different levels of experience with and without assistance of AI in CT evaluation for COVID-19 pneumonia and to develop an optimized diagnostic pathway. MATERIAL AND

methodsThe retrospective, single-center, comparative case-control study included 160 consecutive participants who had undergone chest CT scan between March 2020 and May 2021 without or with confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia in a ratio of 1:3. Index tests were chest CT evaluation by five radiological senior residents, five junior residents, and an AI software. Based on the diagnostic accuracy in every group and on comparison of groups, a sequential CT assessment pathway was developed.

resultsAreas under receiver operating curves were 0.95 (95% confidence interval [CI]=0.88-0.99), 0.96 (95% CI=0.92-1.0), 0.77 (95% CI=0.68-0.86), and 0.95 (95% CI=0.9-1.0) for junior residents, senior residents, AI, and sequential CT assessment, respectively. Proportions of false negatives were 9%, 3%, 17%, and 2%, respectively. With the developed diagnostic pathway, junior residents evaluated all CT scans with the support of AI. Senior residents were only required as second readers in 26% (41/160) of the CT scans.

conclusionAI can support junior residents with chest CT evaluation for COVID-19 and reduce the workload of senior residents. A review of selected CT scans by senior residents is mandatory.

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COVID-19PneumoniaRadiologyArtificial IntelligenceCase-Control StudiesCOVID-19 TestingHumansRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2Tomography, X-Ray ComputedArtificial intelligencecomputed tomographyCOVID-19deep learningneural networksSARS-CoV-2

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