Table 2.
Spine MRI model error analysis
| Positiona | Correct protocol | Predicted protocol (confidence score) |
Raw clinical history | Radiologist assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Contrast |
Routine (0.9989) |
AGE female with right lumbar radiculopathy | Not an error |
| 46 | Contrast |
Routine (0.8591) |
AGE female with lower back pain and right hip and leg radiculopathy. High risk breast cancer patient | True error |
| 81 | Contrast |
Routine (0.7603) |
Left sided sciatica. History of prostate cancer | True error |
| 128 | Contrast |
Routine (0.6262) |
AGE female patient with personal history of breast cancer with foot tingling | True error |
| 168 | Contrast |
Routine (0.5356) |
Status post abdominal wall explantation with history of multiple epidural anesthesia attempts. Now with headache and back pain | Can be either routine or contrast |
| 3 | Routine |
Contrast (0.9961) |
Status post resection of cerebellopontine angle mass | Not an error |
| 47 | Routine |
Contrast (0.8569) |
Coincident traumatic brain and spinal cord injury in DATE | True error |
| 82 | Routine |
Contrast (0.7610) |
Evaluation for recurrent herniation at L4-L5 history of L4-L5 discectomy on DATE | Can be either routine or contrast |
| 129 | Routine |
Contrast (0.6246) |
Status post L2-S1 posterior spinal fusion completed by hardware infection admitted for surgery | Not an error |
| 167 | Routine |
Contrast (0.5364) |
Status post thoracic fusion and removal of hardware. Patient complains of severe mid thoracic pain and radiation to the front. Please evaluate for thoracic cord impingement or nerve root impingement | Can be either routine or contrast |
aThe position refers to the ordered rank when all 178 incorrectly predicted spine MRI protocols are ordered from most incorrect (high confidence score) to least incorrect (low confidence score)