AI assist for x-ray reads serves nonradiologists well in the ED

CHICAGO -- German researchers are testing ways to support nonradiologists in interpreting chest x-rays in emergency settings using an AI assistant.Presenting the research on November 28 at RSNA 2023, Jan Rudolph, MD, from the department of radiology at University Hospital LMU Munich said nonradiologists can significantly benefit from AI assistance in emergency-related chest x-ray analysis.“If you go to the periphery, to smaller hospitals in the periphery, there's basically the duty doctors from internal medicine or surgery departments that have to analyze the chest x-rays,” Rudolph explained. “So we were thinking and asking ourselves, ‘can nonradiologists benefit from AI and chest radiography analysis in this emergency unit set.’ ”Per year, LMU receives between 5,000 and 6,000 orders for chest radiographs for primary diagnosis from the emergency unit alone. Because the need for radiology reads also radiates away from the LMU hub in Munich, there may be a lack of radiology coverage at smaller hospitals in neighboring areas, according to Rudolph.To test the AI algorithm, the LMU team focused on 563 cases, all ordered by the emergency unit department. The study employed a two-step reading process: first a team of nine residents read the scans, then they added the AI assist.The team consisted of three board-certified radiologists who served as the reference standard, three radiology residents, and three internal medicine and surgery residents who had emergency unit ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Digital X-Ray Artificial Intelligence RSNA 2023 Source Type: news