Avoidable biopsies? Validating artificial intelligence-based decision support software in indeterminate thyroid nodules.

Journal: Surgery
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Multiple artificial intelligence (AI) systems have been approved to risk-stratify thyroid nodules through sonographic characterization. We sought to validate the ability of one such AI system, Koios DS (Koios Medical, Chicago, IL), to aid in improving risk stratification of indeterminate thyroid nodules.

Authors

  • Christopher J Carnabatu
    Division of Endocrine Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/CarnabatuMD.
  • David T Fetzer
    From the Department of Radiology (D.T.F.) and Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases (A.M.), UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, E6-230-BF, Dallas, TX 75390-9316; Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass (T.T.P.); Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala (M.L.R.); Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, Laboratory of Biorheology and Medical Ultrasonics, University of Montréal Hospital Research Center, Montréal, Quebec, Canada (G.C.); Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis (T.J.H.); Department of Radiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan (A.C.); Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Homburg/Saar, Homburg, Germany (R.K.); and Department of Radiology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) and Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada (A.T.).
  • Alexander Tessnow
    Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/AlexTessnow.
  • Shelby Holt
    Division of Endocrine Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
  • Vivek R Sant
    Division of Endocrine Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.