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ArticleNature communications2024

Comparison of AI-integrated pathways with human-AI interaction in population mammographic screening for breast cancer.

Helen M L Frazer, Carlos A Peña-Solorzano, Chun Fung Kwok, Michael S Elliott, Yuanhong Chen, Chong Wang, BRAIx Team, Jocelyn F Lippey, John L Hopper, Peter Brotchie and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Helen M L Frazer *St Vincent's BreastScreen, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. helen.frazer@svha.org.au.ORCID 0000-0001-9399-8102
Carlos A Peña-Solorzano *Bioinformatics and Cellular Genomics Unit, St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1734-7284
Chun Fung Kwok *Bioinformatics and Cellular Genomics Unit, St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0716-3879
Michael S Elliott *Bioinformatics and Cellular Genomics Unit, St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2406-4522
Yuanhong ChenSchool of Computer Science, Australian Institute for Machine Learning, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Chong WangSchool of Computer Science, Australian Institute for Machine Learning, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0022-0217
BRAIx Team
Jocelyn F LippeySt Vincent's BreastScreen, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
John L HopperCentre for Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Peter BrotchieDepartment of Radiology, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Gustavo CarneiroSchool of Computer Science, Australian Institute for Machine Learning, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Davis J McCarthyBioinformatics and Cellular Genomics Unit, St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2218-6833

Funding

Department of Health, Australian Government (Department of Health) MRFAI000090Department of Health | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) GNT1195595
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) readers of mammograms compare favourably to individual radiologists in detecting breast cancer. However, AI readers cannot perform at the level of multi-reader systems used by screening programs in countries such as Australia, Sweden, and the UK. Therefore, implementation demands human-AI collaboration. Here, we use a large, high-quality retrospective mammography dataset from Victoria, Australia to conduct detailed simulations of five potential AI-integrated screening pathways, and examine human-AI interaction effects to explore automation bias. Operating an AI reader as a second reader or as a high confidence filter improves current screening outcomes by 1.9-2.5% in sensitivity and up to 0.6% in specificity, achieving 4.6-10.9% reduction in assessments and 48-80.7% reduction in human reads. Automation bias degrades performance in multi-reader settings but improves it for single-readers. This study provides insight into feasible approaches for AI-integrated screening pathways and prospective studies necessary prior to clinical adoption.

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Artificial IntelligenceBreast NeoplasmsEarly Detection of CancerMammographyAgedFemaleHumansMass ScreeningMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesSensitivity and SpecificityVictoria

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PMID39214982
PMCPMC11364867

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