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. 2022 Mar 2;20:74. doi: 10.1186/s12916-022-02258-8

Table 2.

Summary of the changes in the decision-making of radiologists before and after AI assistance

Reader number True negative True positive CP

PDACa
PDAC

CPb
Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%)
Internal validation cohort 1 33→28 52→70↑ 23 0 71.2→95.9↑* 91.7→77.8
2 19→27↑ 65→73↑ 9 9 89.0→100.0↑* 52.8→75.0↑*
3 22→27↑ 70→73↑ 3 5 95.9→100.0↑ 61.1→75.0↑
4 32→33↑ 63→69↑ 6 1 86.3→94.5↑* 88.9→91.7↑
5 22→33↑ 58→64↑ 5 13 79.5→84.2↑ 61.1→91.7↑*
External validation cohort 1 1 5→8↑ 34→36↑ 4 5 87.2→92.3↑ 45.5→72.7↑
2 8→8 31→34↑ 4 1 79.5→87.2↑ 72.7→72.7
3 10→10 33→35↑ 2 0 84.6→89.7↑ 90.9→90.9
4 10→10 33→36↑ 3 0 84.6→92.3↑ 90.9→90.9
5 8→9↑ 28→33↑ 9 5 71.8→84.6↑ 72.7→81.8↑
External validation cohort 2 1 7→7 31→35↑ 6 2 81.6→92.1↑ 70.0→70.0
2 6→6 32→35↑ 3 0 84.2→92.1↑ 60.0→60.0
3 9→8 31→35↑ 7 2 81.6→92.1↑ 90.0→80.0
4 6→8↑ 34→36↑ 2 2 89.5→94.7↑ 60.0→80.0↑
5 7→4 29→36↑ 13 3 76.3→94.7↑* 70.0→40.0

The upward arrow (↑) represents indicators that improved owing to AI assistance

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*P<.05

aNumber of patients for whom the radiologists altered their decision from CP to PDAC

bNumber of patients for whom the radiologists altered their decision from PDAC to CP