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. 2024 Apr 15;66(7):1153–1160. doi: 10.1007/s00234-024-03351-w

Table 2.

Diagnostic performance of the different readers with and without AI

Reader Sensitivity lesion level (%) Sensitivity patient level (%) Specificity patient level (%) False positives per case
With AI Without AI p With AI Without AI p With AI Without AI p With AI Without AI p
Overall 73.5 (68.3–78.2) 70.1 (64.8–75.0) 0.27 71.2 (65.3–76.6) 66.3 (60.2–72.0) 0.12 95.4 (93.8–96.7) 93.3 (91.4–94.9) 0.04 0.06 (0.05–0.08) 0.09 (0.08–0.11) 0.005
Physicians 78.4 (71.3–84.5) 73.5 (66.0–80.1) 0.03 75.0 (66.7–82.1) 66.7 (57.9–74.6) 0.04 95.1 (92.6–96.9) 93.2 (90.4–95.4) 0.2 0.08 (0.06–0.11) 0.11 (0.08–0.14) 0.01
Neuroradiologist 87.0 (75.1–94.6) 87.0 (75.1–94.6) 0.37 81.8 (67.3–91.8) 72.7 (57.2–85.0) 0.39 93.7 (88.3–97.1) 89.4 (83.2–94.0) 0.18 0.1 (0.06–0.15) 0.1 (0.09–0.20) 0.06
Radiologist 79.6 (66.5–89.4) 74.1 (60.3–85.0) 0.61 79.5 (64.7–90.2) 75.0 (59.7–86.8) 0.62 96.5 (91.2–98.8) 98.6 (95.0–99.8) 0.37 0.03 (0.01–0.06) 0.02 (0.01–0.05) 1
Resident 68.5 (54.4–80.5) 63.0 (48.7–75.7) 0.13 63.4 (47.8–77.6) 52.3 (36.7–67.5) 0.13 95.1 (90.1–97.8) 91.2 (85.7–95.6) 0.23 0.12 (0.08–0.17) 0.17 (0.12–0.23) 0.05
Student A 70.4 (56.4–82.0) 62.3 (48.7–75.7) 0.39 70.5 (54.8–83.2) 70.5 (54.8–83.2) 1 96.8 (91.0–98.4) 94.6 (88.3–97.1) 0.58 0.04 (0.02–0.08) 0.09 (0.05–0.14) 0.45
Student B 68.5 (54.4–80.5) 59.3 (45.0–72.4) 1 65.6 (50.1–79.5) 68.2 (52.4–81.4) 1 97.2 (92.3–99.2) 92.3 (87.4–96.6) 0.08 0.04 (0.02–0.08) 0.08 (0.05–0.13) 0.18
Student C 66.7 (52.3–78.9) 57.4 (43.2–70.1) 0.36 65.9 (50.0–79.5) 59.1 (43.2–73.4) 0.61 94.4 (89.2–97.5) 93.4 (88.3–97.1) 1 0.06 (0.03–0.11) 0.06 (0.03–0.11) 1

Data in parentheses are 95% confidence intervals. AI artificial intelligence