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ArticleAI (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Can Artificial Intelligence Aid Diagnosis by Teleguided Point-of-Care Ultrasound? A Pilot Study for Evaluating a Novel Computer Algorithm for COVID-19 Diagnosis Using Lung Ultrasound.

Laith R Sultan, Allison Haertter, Maryam Al-Hasani, George Demiris, Theodore W Cary, Yale Tung-Chen, Chandra M Sehgal

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Article in AI (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Laith R SultanDepartment of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2632-4164
Allison HaertterRadiation Oncology Department, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Maryam Al-HasaniUltrasound Research Lab, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA.
George DemirisInformatics Division of the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6318-5829
Theodore W CaryUltrasound Research Lab, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA.
Yale Tung-ChenEmergency Medicine Department, La Madrida Hospital, 28006 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5613-3609
Chandra M SehgalUltrasound Research Lab, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8811-1930
University of Pennsylvania · USChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia · US

Funding

Quantitative diagnosis of breast cancer with ultrasoundR01CA130946 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SEHGAL, CHANDRA M · 2009 to 2013
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA130946
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, there is an increasing demand for remote monitoring technologies to reduce patient and provider exposure. One field that has an increasing potential is teleguided ultrasound, where telemedicine and point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) merge to create this new scope. Teleguided POCUS can minimize staff exposure while preserving patient safety and oversight during bedside procedures. In this paper, we propose the use of teleguided POCUS supported by AI technologies for the remote monitoring of COVID-19 patients by non-experienced personnel including self-monitoring by the patients themselves. Our hypothesis is that AI technologies can facilitate the remote monitoring of COVID-19 patients through the utilization of POCUS devices, even when operated by individuals without formal medical training. In pursuit of this goal, we performed a pilot analysis to evaluate the performance of users with different clinical backgrounds using a computer-based system for COVID-19 detection using lung ultrasound. The purpose of the analysis was to emphasize the potential of the proposed AI technology for improving diagnostic performance, especially for users with less experience.

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artificial intelligenceaugmented and virtual realityautomated image analysisCOVID-19point-of-care ultrasoundtelemedicine

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PMID37929255
PMCPMC10623579
OpenAlexW4387533076

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