Kaitlyn D’Onofrio

DocwireNews

A deep learning algorithm more accurately diagnosed fibrotic lung diseases&nbsp;than a team of specialist thoracic radiologists in a case-cohort study published in&nbsp;The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.&nbsp;The algorithm and a team of 91 radiologists from multiple international thoracic imaging societies assessed a cohort of 150 high-resolution CT scans with fibrotic lung disease.&nbsp;The thoracic radiologists&rsquo; median accuracy was 70.7%, and the&nbsp;algorithm&rsquo;s&nbsp;was 73.3%, outperforming two-thirds of the radiologists.&nbsp;The median interobserver agreement between the algorithm and the radiologist&rsquo;s majority opinion (KW = 0.69) also outperformed that of 62% of the thoracic radiologists (KW = 0.67).&nbsp;<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ERSCongress?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ERSCongress</a> &ldquo;<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ILD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ILD</a>: From bench to bedside&rdquo;: Deep learning for classifying fibrotic lung disease on HRCT <a href="https://t.co/I497RJwPVO">https://t.co/I497RJwPVO</a> <a href="https://t.co/lJnrb0VcoO">pic.twitter.com/lJnrb0VcoO</a>
&mdash; JuanC Quijano-Campos&#128153; (@JCQuijanoCampos) <a href="https://twitter.com/JCQuijanoCampos/status/1041223745405444098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2018</a>
</blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>The results of the study were also presented at the&nbsp;European Respiratory Society (ERS) meeting.&nbsp;&ldquo;Just before someone asks, it&rsquo;s not an attempt to replace radiologists,&rdquo; Dr.&nbsp;Simon L.F. Walsh, one of the study&rsquo;s authors, said during the presentation, according to&nbsp;MedPageToday. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s always the first question.&rdquo;&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/gburgeILDNN/status/1041235762933624837">https://twitter.com/gburgeILDNN/status/1041235762933624837</a>Rather, the algorithm could serve as a diagnostic tool. Walsh also noted that idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) patients may be limited if they live somewhere&nbsp;without&nbsp;top radiologists&nbsp;available.&nbsp;Researchers also tested the algorithm in differentiating between usual interstitial pneumonia and non-usual interstitial pneumonia and found its performance equal to that of the team of radiologists. Median interobserver agreement between the algorithm and radiologists was better than between the radiologists (KW = 0.64 vs. KW = 0.56).&nbsp;<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
Podcast: Simon Walsh @slfwalsh <a href="https://twitter.com/KingsCollegeLon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KingsCollegeLon</a> discusses the potential for machine learning-assisted diagnosis of fibrotic <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/lung?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#lung</a> disease <a href="https://t.co/iRSRd4yTJg">https://t.co/iRSRd4yTJg</a>
Read the study presented at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ERSCongress?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ERSCongress</a>: <a href="https://t.co/XGx9CZQ3Lf">https://t.co/XGx9CZQ3Lf</a> <a href="https://t.co/T5xsX1GUY3">pic.twitter.com/T5xsX1GUY3</a>
&mdash; The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (@LancetRespirMed) <a href="https://twitter.com/LancetRespirMed/status/1042360961649266688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 19, 2018</a>
</blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>The study authors concluded, &ldquo;High-resolution CT evaluation by a deep learning algorithm might provide low-cost, reproducible, near-instantaneous classification of fibrotic lung disease with human-level accuracy. These methods could be of benefit to&nbsp;centres&nbsp;at which thoracic imaging expertise is scarce, as well as for stratification of patients in clinical trials.&rdquo;&nbsp;<a href="https://proddocwire.wpengine.com/docwire-pick/idiopathic-pulmonary-fibrosis/">Read more about IPF diagnosis guidelines.</a>&nbsp;Sources:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(18)30286-8/fulltext">The Lancet Respiratory Journal</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/ers/75161">MedPageToday&nbsp;</a>

Jordana Jampel

Positive Preliminary Results From Phase 1 Trial of Dopaminergic Neuron Graft for Parkinson’s Disease

Dementia

Bradley Warady, MD

Joel M. Topf, MD, FACP

2025 Hume Award Winner Is Dedicated to Children’s Care

NKF Spring Clinical Meetings 2025

Distant Brain Metastases in Cutaneous Melanoma May Be Mitigated With Multiple Pathway Inhibitors

Melanoma

Latest News

Artificial Intelligence Outperforms Radiologists in Classifying Fibrotic Lung Diseases

A deep learning algorithm more accurately diagnosed fibrotic lung diseases than a team of specialist thoracic radiologists in a case-cohort study published in The Lancet ...

About Us

Editorial Policy

Advertising

Contact Us

eNewsletters

Contribute

Career Center

MashupMD

Blood Cancers Today

Cancer Nursing Today

GU Oncology Now

Urban Health Today

Bile Duct Cancer

Colorectal Cancer

Gastroesophageal Cancer

Gastric Cancer

GEP-NETs

GIST

Liver Cancer

Pancreatic Cancer

GI Oncology Now

Anemia

Deep Vein Thrombosis

Essential Thrombocythemia

Hemophilia

Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Myelofibrosis

Myeloproliferative Neoplasms

Polycythemia Vera

Pulmonary Embolism

Sickle Cell Disease

Thrombocytopenia

Thrombophilia

Thrombosis

Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Venous Thromboembolism

von Willebrand Disease

Heme Today

Acute Kidney Injury

ADPKD

Anemia and Kidney Disease

Chronic Kidney Disease

COVID-19 and Kidney Disease

Diabetes and Hypertension

End-Stage Renal Disease

Gout

Hyperkalemia

IgAN

Kidney Transplantation

Metabolic Acidosis

Nephrology Times

HER2 Breast Cancer

HR Breast Cancer

Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Genetics & Breast Cancer

Breast Cancers Today

Atherosclerotic Disease

Atrial Fibrillation

Heart Failure

Hypertension

Interventional Cardiology

Lipid Management

Practice Tips With Dr. Lichaa

Preventive Cardiology

Stroke

Cardiology

Breast Cancer

Gynecologic Cancer

Head and Neck Cancer

Skin Cancer

Oncology

Sleep

Urology

Diabetes

Ophthalmology

— Demodex Blepharitis

Neurology

Rheumatology

Gastroenterology

Pulmonology

Infectious Diseases

— HIV

Health and Wellness

Lupus

Future of Medicine

Orthopedics

Pharmacology

Career News

More

Conferences

CardioNerds

The Sleep Source With Dr. Morse

Rheumatology Rounds With Dr. Maheswaranathan

Partners

Expert Interviews

Subscribe