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ArticleFrontiers in radiology2024

ChatGPT yields low accuracy in determining LI-RADS scores based on free-text and structured radiology reports in German language.

Philipp Fervers, Robert Hahnfeldt, Jonathan Kottlors, Anton Wagner, David Maintz, Daniel Pinto Dos Santos, Simon Lennartz, Thorsten Persigehl

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Article in Frontiers in radiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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Philipp Fervers *Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Robert Hahnfeldt *Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Jonathan KottlorsDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Anton WagnerDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
David MaintzDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Daniel Pinto Dos SantosDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Simon Lennartz *Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Thorsten Persigehl *Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: To investigate the feasibility of the large language model (LLM) ChatGPT for classifying liver lesions according to the Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS) based on MRI reports, and to compare classification performance on structured vs. unstructured reports. Methods: LI-RADS classifiable liver lesions were included from German written structured and unstructured MRI reports with report of size, location, and arterial phase contrast enhancement as minimum inclusion requirements. The findings sections of the reports were propagated to ChatGPT (GPT-3.5), which was instructed to determine LI-RADS scores for each classifiable liver lesion. Ground truth was established by two radiologists in consensus. Agreement between ground truth and ChatGPT was assessed with Cohen's kappa. Test-retest reliability was assessed by passing a subset of Results: 205 MRIs from 150 patients were included. The accuracy of ChatGPT at determining LI-RADS categories was poor (53% and 44% on unstructured and structured reports). The agreement to the ground truth was higher ( Conclusions: ChatGPT attained only low accuracy when asked to determine LI-RADS scores from liver imaging reports. The superior accuracy and consistency throughout free-text reports might relate to ChatGPT's training process. Clinical relevance statement: Our study indicates both the necessity of optimization of LLMs for structured clinical data input and the potential of LLMs for creating machine-readable labels based on large free-text radiological databases.

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diagnosisdiagnostic imagingLI-RADS (liver imaging reporting and data system)liverMRIneoplasms

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