Ramandeep Singh1,2, Mannudeep K Kalra1,2, Fatemeh Homayounieh1,2, Chayanin Nitiwarangkul1,2,3, Shaunagh McDermott1,2, Brent P Little1,2, Inga T Lennes2,4, Jo-Anne O Shepard1,2, Subba R Digumarthy1,2. 1. Division of Thoracic Imaging and Intervention, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. 2. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. 3. Division of Diagnostic Radiology, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, Thailand. 4. Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Division of Thoracic Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Lung cancer screening (LCS) with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) helps early lung cancer detection, commonly presenting as small pulmonary nodules. Artificial intelligence (AI)-based vessel suppression (AI-VS) and automatic detection (AI-AD) algorithm can improve detection of subsolid nodules (SSNs) on LDCT. We assessed the impact of AI-VS and AI-AD in detection and classification of SSNs [ground-glass nodules (GGNs) and part-solid nodules (PSNs)], on LDCT performed for LCS. METHODS: Following regulatory approval, 123 LDCT examinations with sub-solid pulmonary nodules (average diameter ≥6 mm) were processed to generate three image series for each examination-unprocessed, AI-VS, and AI-AD series with annotated lung nodules. Two thoracic radiologists in consensus formed the standard of reference (SOR) for this study. Two other thoracic radiologists (R1 and R2; 5 and 10 years of experience in thoracic CT image interpretation) independently assessed the unprocessed images alone, then together with AI-VS series, and finally with AI-AD for detecting all ≥6 mm GGN and PSN. We performed receiver operator characteristics (ROC) and Cohen's Kappa analyses for statistical analyses. RESULTS: On unprocessed images, R1 and R2 detected 232/310 nodules (R1: 114 GGN, 118 PSN) and 255/310 nodules (R2: 122 GGN, 133 PSN), respectively (P>0.05). On AI-VS images, they detected 249/310 nodules (119 GGN, 130 PSN) and 277/310 nodules (128 GGN, 149 PSN), respectively (P≥0.12). When compared to the SOR, accuracy (AUC) for detection of PSN on the AI-VS images (AUC 0.80-0.81) was greater than on the unprocessed images (AUC 0.70-0.76). AI-VS images enabled detection of solid components in five nodules deemed as GGN on the unprocessed images. Accuracy of AI-AD was lower than both the radiologists (AUC 0.60-0.72). CONCLUSIONS: AI-VS improved the detection and classification of SSN into GGN and PSN on LDCT of the chest for the two radiologist (R1 and R2) readers. 2021 Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. All rights reserved.
BACKGROUND: Lung cancer screening (LCS) with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) helps early lung cancer detection, commonly presenting as small pulmonary nodules. Artificial intelligence (AI)-based vessel suppression (AI-VS) and automatic detection (AI-AD) algorithm can improve detection of subsolid nodules (SSNs) on LDCT. We assessed the impact of AI-VS and AI-AD in detection and classification of SSNs [ground-glass nodules (GGNs) and part-solid nodules (PSNs)], on LDCT performed for LCS. METHODS: Following regulatory approval, 123 LDCT examinations with sub-solid pulmonary nodules (average diameter ≥6 mm) were processed to generate three image series for each examination-unprocessed, AI-VS, and AI-AD series with annotated lung nodules. Two thoracic radiologists in consensus formed the standard of reference (SOR) for this study. Two other thoracic radiologists (R1 and R2; 5 and 10 years of experience in thoracic CT image interpretation) independently assessed the unprocessed images alone, then together with AI-VS series, and finally with AI-AD for detecting all ≥6 mm GGN and PSN. We performed receiver operator characteristics (ROC) and Cohen's Kappa analyses for statistical analyses. RESULTS: On unprocessed images, R1 and R2 detected 232/310 nodules (R1: 114 GGN, 118 PSN) and 255/310 nodules (R2: 122 GGN, 133 PSN), respectively (P>0.05). On AI-VS images, they detected 249/310 nodules (119 GGN, 130 PSN) and 277/310 nodules (128 GGN, 149 PSN), respectively (P≥0.12). When compared to the SOR, accuracy (AUC) for detection of PSN on the AI-VS images (AUC 0.80-0.81) was greater than on the unprocessed images (AUC 0.70-0.76). AI-VS images enabled detection of solid components in five nodules deemed as GGN on the unprocessed images. Accuracy of AI-AD was lower than both the radiologists (AUC 0.60-0.72). CONCLUSIONS: AI-VS improved the detection and classification of SSN into GGN and PSN on LDCT of the chest for the two radiologist (R1 and R2) readers. 2021 Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. All rights reserved.
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