AI tool performs well diagnosing knee osteoarthritis

A Danish team tested an AI program (RBknee, Radiobotics, Denmark) using a typical dataset of weight-bearing knee x-rays, as opposed to the fixed-flexion images the algorithm was trained on. The group found high agreement between the AI tool and radiologist readers, who performed almost perfectly, the authors wrote.

“Our findings support the use of the tool for decision-aid in daily clinical knee osteoarthritis reporting,” wrote lead investigator Dr. Mikael Boesen, PhD, head of musculoskeletal imaging and research at Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital in Denmark, and…