AI doesn’t improve pulmonary embolism detection on CT

In his presentation, Dr. Steven Rothenberg from the University of Alabama at Birmingham showed results from a study he led examining AI’s use in potentially affecting miss rates and accuracy. The team found in their prospective study that while improvements were made to both, they weren’t significant.

“AI improved the detection of what we consider to be clinically insignificant pulmonary emboli,” Rothenberg said. “There is some room for improvement.”

CT is the gold standard imaging modality when it comes to diagnosing PE. Previous research shows that both radiologists and AI…