The clinical value of artificial intelligence in assisting junior radiologists in thyroid ultrasound: a multicenter prospective study from real clinical practice.

Journal: BMC medicine
Published Date: Jul 12, 2024

Abstract

BACKGROUND: This study is to propose a clinically applicable 2-echelon (2e) diagnostic criteria for the analysis of thyroid nodules such that low-risk nodules are screened off while only suspicious or indeterminate ones are further examined by histopathology, and to explore whether artificial intelligence (AI) can provide precise assistance for clinical decision-making in the real-world prospective scenario.

Authors

  • Dong Xu
    Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
  • Lin Sui
    Postgraduate Training Base Alliance of Wenzhou Medical University (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital), Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, China.
  • Chunquan Zhang
    Department of Medical Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
  • Jing Xiong
    College of Computer Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China.
  • Vicky Yang Wang
    Wenling Institute of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Taizhou, 317502, China.
  • Yahan Zhou
    Wenling Medical Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, Taizhou, China.
  • Xinying Zhu
    Department of Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging & Interventional Therapy, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 310022, China.
  • Chen Chen
    The George Institute for Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
  • Yu Zhao
    College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, China.
  • Yiting Xie
    Merge, Merative (Formerly, IBM Watson Health Imaging), Ann Arbor, Michigan, MI 48108, United States.
  • Weizhen Kong
    Department of Mathematics, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, China.
  • Jincao Yao
    Department of Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging & Interventional Therapy, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, China.
  • Lei Xu
    Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
  • Yuxia Zhai
    The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Guangdong, 515041, China. zhyx6365@163.com.
  • Liping Wang
    School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200011, China.

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