Application of artificial intelligence in X-ray imaging analysis for knee arthroplasty: A systematic review.

January 1, 2025pubmed logopapers

Authors

Zhang Z,Hui X,Tao H,Fu Z,Cai Z,Zhou S,Yang K

Affiliations (6)

  • Department of The First Clinical Medical College of Gansu, University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
  • Department of Evidence-Based Medicine Centre, School of Basic Medical Science, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
  • Department of Centre for Evidence-Based Social Science/Center for Health Technology Assessment, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
  • Department of Gansu Key Laboratory of Evidence-Based Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
  • Department of Radiology, Renhuai People's Hospital, Zuiyi, Guizhou, China.
  • Department of Radiology, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.

Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a promising and powerful technology with increasing use in orthopedics. The global morbidity of knee arthroplasty is expanding. This study investigated the use of AI algorithms to review radiographs of knee arthroplasty. The Ovid-Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, PubMed, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), WeiPu (VIP), WanFang, and China Biology Medicine (CBM) databases were systematically screened from inception to March 2024 (PROSPERO study protocol registration: CRD42024507549). The quality assessment of the diagnostic accuracy studies tool assessed the risk of bias. A total of 21 studies were included in the analysis. Of these, 10 studies identified and classified implant brands, 6 measured implant size and component alignment, 3 detected implant loosening, and 2 diagnosed prosthetic joint infections (PJI). For classifying and identifying implant brands, 5 studies demonstrated near-perfect prediction with an area under the curve (AUC) ranging from 0.98 to 1.0, and 10 achieved accuracy (ACC) between 96-100%. Regarding implant measurement, one study showed an AUC of 0.62, and two others exhibited over 80% ACC in determining component sizes. Moreover, Artificial intelligence showed good to excellent reliability across all angles in three separate studies (Intraclass Correlation Coefficient > 0.78). In predicting PJI, one study achieved an AUC of 0.91 with a corresponding ACC of 90.5%, while another reported a positive predictive value ranging from 75% to 85%. For detecting implant loosening, the AUC was found to be at least as high as 0.976 with ACC ranging from 85.8% to 97.5%. These studies show that AI is promising in recognizing implants in knee arthroplasty. Future research should follow a rigorous approach to AI development, with comprehensive and transparent reporting of methods and the creation of open-source software programs and commercial tools that can provide clinicians with objective clinical decisions.

Topics

Arthroplasty, Replacement, KneeArtificial IntelligenceRadiographyJournal ArticleSystematic Review
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