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  • What AI application are you actually using and find helpful?

    Posted by Unknown Member on July 6, 2023 at 11:24 am

    Probably a few decades away from the Tricorder and using Minority Report- like holographic screens to view radiology exams…
     
    What AI products/Applications are you currently using and actually find helpful? I have used some of the Prostate programs which can outline a suspicious area in color, but I can read these exams fine without them too. Has any product actually changed the way you practice radiology??

    pa30pilot replied 3 months ago 16 Members · 23 Replies
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  • Unknown Member

    Deleted User
    July 6, 2023 at 12:14 pm

    None.

    • afazio.uk_887

      Member
      July 6, 2023 at 2:02 pm

      They are all worthless currently.  

      • satyanar

        Member
        July 6, 2023 at 2:21 pm

        Using? Zero.

        Imbedded in the workflow? I see the AI hemorrhage detection software is on our non-con stroke CTs. Never seen it make a difference. Have seen it over call.

        • abananarest

          Member
          July 6, 2023 at 2:31 pm

          None.

          • Unknown Member

            Deleted User
            July 6, 2023 at 2:40 pm

            Lung nodule cad or iCAD with neural network driven algorithm. Its pretty good for catching little nodules but will miss a 5cm perihilar mass (guessing it thinks its just part of mediastinum since not surrounded by king).

            It basically is only useful when it finds zero-3 nodules cause you can speed up the nodule search a little bit. For me it takes away the MIP review time, I fast scroll through 1mms then either MIPS or the lung cad findings

      • conormurray33

        Member
        December 21, 2023 at 8:12 pm

        Surprised at your answer. Try AI-doc or AI-rad companion (I have used these extensively) – I’d be surprised if you don’t find they help.

  • tdetlie_105

    Member
    July 6, 2023 at 4:15 pm

    AIDoc…Pretty good for ICH, PE, free air, pneumtx on xray, displaced rib fxs…PE is the best thus far, if neg for PE my time spent looking is like 80% less than normal…also it acts as a triage as these cases will come up as potential positives so at the very least, you have a chance to look at these studies sooner than later. 

    • skysdad

      Member
      July 7, 2023 at 9:35 am

      I second AI doc. 

      • amotter

        Member
        July 7, 2023 at 11:02 am

        RadAI its an impression generator.

        • btomba_77

          Member
          July 15, 2023 at 7:59 am

          We have incorporated AZMed’s AI fracture detection tool.
           
          For the first time it was actually helpful today.
           
          I was reading a clavicle and getting ready to call it normal, but the AI tool saw a posterior 3rb rib fracture I would have missed.
           
           
           
          All other cases have been either concordant with what I was going to say or false positive 

          • 22002469

            Member
            July 15, 2023 at 8:17 am

            How long have you been using it? Does it never miss a fracture (false neg)?
             
            At minimum, would be nice for triage when X-Rays get backed up. Can be a little awkward to read unsuspected acute fractures multiple days after the fact. 

            • btomba_77

              Member
              July 15, 2023 at 8:25 am

              We’re the main trial site. Been live on PACSs for a couple of months now.   It was my eyeballs (and those of the other MSK rads) that trained up the tool. 
               
              So far no false negs that i’ve seen … but it calls a lot of false pos.
               
               

              • 22002469

                Member
                July 15, 2023 at 8:39 am

                Gotcha.

                Last question how often do you get false positives? Are we talking 5%? 10%? 50%?

                • btomba_77

                  Member
                  July 15, 2023 at 8:41 am

                  Quote from Radsoxfan

                  Gotcha.

                  Last question how often do you get false positives? Are we talking 5%? 10%? 50%?

                  For sure >10% of the calls are false pos. …. old fractures, big osteophytes …
                   
                  I’m not keeping the data but i’d guesstimate 20-ish %

                  • 22002469

                    Member
                    July 15, 2023 at 8:51 am

                    Thanks. So if Im understanding correctly.

                    To pick some random numbers, if you had 1000 unread MSK X-rays on the list, this would flag roughly 200 as possible fractures that could be looked at preferentially sooner by a rad. The other 800 would be VERY unlikely to have any acute fracture and could be read later? Obviously ideally backups dont get that bad but sometimes what can ya do.

                    Of course, fractures are not the only potentially urgent finding on an MSK plain film. Not that X-rays are good for early osteo anyway, but if there is something to see does it flag that as well? (Guess previously it was not my last question :))

                    • 22002469

                      Member
                      July 15, 2023 at 8:54 am

                      I guess if the false positive rate is 20% it would flag more than 200 in that example since it would also flag correctly the real acute fractures but similar idea.

                    • btomba_77

                      Member
                      July 15, 2023 at 9:08 am

                      Quote from Radsoxfan

                      Thanks. So if Im understanding correctly.

                      To pick some random numbers, if you had 1000 unread MSK X-rays on the list, this would flag roughly 200 as possible fractures that could be looked at preferentially sooner by a rad. The other 800 would be VERY unlikely to have any acute fracture and could be read later? Obviously ideally backups dont get that bad but sometimes what can ya do.

                      Of course, fractures are not the only potentially urgent finding on an MSK plain film. Not that X-rays are good for early osteo anyway, but if there is something to see does it flag that as well? (Guess previously it was not my last question :))

                      Yeah … that’s how the tool is being used.
                       
                      On the pacs list it gives a flag of “suspicious finding” or “no suspicious finding” …
                       
                      if you got really backed up you could read the suspicious cases first.

                    • stlmchenry_510

                      Member
                      July 29, 2023 at 8:11 am

                      Maybe Google should have named their new AI program Lolita in memorial to their late friend, Jeffrey Epstein.

                    • stlmchenry_510

                      Member
                      July 29, 2023 at 10:17 am

                      All these companies are in bed together and insider trade.

                    • leonardo-campos2804

                      Member
                      July 29, 2023 at 11:52 am

                      viz ai. horrible

  • 1telerad

    Member
    December 7, 2023 at 9:57 pm

    rScriptor

  • conormurray33

    Member
    December 21, 2023 at 8:10 pm

    Siemens AI-RAD companion. I do A LOT of lung cancer screening work, it saves my butt in 2% of cases and increases my speed with preserved accuracy by c 20%.

  • pa30pilot

    Member
    January 31, 2024 at 7:42 pm

    I like rScriptor and RAD.AI impressions. Use both daily.