AI assistance significantly improves radiologists' accuracy in detecting clinically significant prostate cancer on prostate MRI, according to a large international multi-reader study.
Key Details
- 1Study published June 13 in JAMA Network Open evaluating AI in prostate MRI diagnosis.
- 261 readers from 53 centers in 17 countries participated (34 experts, 27 nonexperts).
- 3AI assistance increased ROC AUC by 3.3% (from 0.882 to 0.916).
- 4Sensitivity improved by 2.5% (from 94.3% to 96.8%), specificity increased by 3.4% (from 46.7% to 50.1%).
- 5Nonexperts saw higher gains (sensitivity +3.7%) than experts (+1.5%).
- 6Readers used data from the PI-CAI Challenge; results suggest AI reduces interreader variability.
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