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ArticleEmergency radiology2024

Sociodemographic biases in a commercial AI model for intracranial hemorrhage detection.

Annie Trang, Kristin Putman, Dharmam Savani, Devina Chatterjee, Jerry Zhao, Peter Kamel, Jean J Jeudy, Vishwa S Parekh, Paul H Yi

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Annie TrangDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-6587-3067
Kristin PutmanDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Dharmam SavaniDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Devina ChatterjeeDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Jerry ZhaoDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Peter KamelDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Jean J JeudyDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Vishwa S ParekhDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Paul H YiDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, MS 220, Room I3109, Memphis, TN, 38105-3678, USA. paulyimd@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9433-8093

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School of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo evaluate whether a commercial AI tool for intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) detection on head CT exhibited sociodemographic biases.

methodsOur retrospective study reviewed 9736 consecutive, adult non-contrast head CT scans performed between November 2021 and February 2022 in a single healthcare system. Each CT scan was evaluated by a commercial ICH AI tool and a board-certified neuroradiologist; ground truth was defined as final radiologist determination of ICH presence/absence. After evaluating the AI tool's aggregate diagnostic performance, sub-analyses based on sociodemographic groups (age, sex, race, ethnicity, insurance status, and Area of Deprivation Index [ADI] scores) assessed for biases. χ

resultsOur patient population was 50% female (mean age 60 ± 19 years). The AI tool had an aggregate accuracy of 93% [9060/9736], sensitivity of 85% [1140/1338], specificity of 94% [7920/ 8398], positive predictive value (PPV) of 71% [1140/1618] and negative predictive value (NPV) of 98% [7920/8118]. Sociodemographic biases were identified, including lower PPV for patients who were females (67.3% [62,441/656] vs. 72.7% [699/962], p = 0.02), Black (66.7% [454/681] vs. 73.2% [686/937], p = 0.005), non-Hispanic/non-Latino (69.7% [1038/1490] vs. 95.4% [417/437]), p = 0.009), and who had Medicaid/Medicare (69.9% [754/1078]) or Private (66.5% [228/343]) primary insurance (p = 0.003). Lower sensitivity was seen for patients in the third quartile of national (78.8% [241/306], p = 0.001) and state ADI scores (79.0% [22/287], p = 0.001).

conclusionsIn our healthcare system, a commercial AI tool had lower performance for ICH detection than previously reported and demonstrated several sociodemographic biases.

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Intracranial HemorrhagesSensitivity and SpecificityTomography, X-Ray ComputedAgedArtificial IntelligenceBiasFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPredictive Value of TestsRetrospective StudiesSocioeconomic FactorsArtificial intelligence (AI)BiasDiagnostic support system (DSS)FairnessHead CTIntracranial hemorrhages (ICH)

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