ChatGPT may help educate interventional radiology patients

ChatGPT is a relatively safe and accurate tool for patient education in interventional radiology, according to a study published October 23 in CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology. A team at Philipps University of Marburg in Germany explored the use of GPT-3 and GPT-4 for in-depth patient education prior to interventional radiology procedures and found both versions of the model highly accurate.“The feasibility and accuracy of these models suggest their promising role in revolutionizing patient care. Still, users need to be aware of possible limitations,” wrote first author Michael Scheschenja, MD, and colleagues.Despite advancements and rising popularity of the field, many patients have a limited understanding of interventional procedures, the authors wrote. While the use of the internet to seek out health information is already a common phenomenon, the use of large language models like ChatGPT for such purposes requires validation, they added.To that end, the group specifically explored the feasibility of using GPT-3 and GPT-4 for patient education prior to three common procedures: port implantations, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, and transarterial chemoembolization.The researchers posed 133 in-depth questions in English about these procedures, with the responses evaluated for accuracy by two radiologists with four and seven years of experience using a 5-point Likert scale. The questions covered various aspects of the procedure including general informat...

Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 26, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Imaging Informatics Artificial Intelligence Source Type: news