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Table 3 Comparison of LNM predictions between radiologists with and without AI assistance in the validation cohort

From: Cervical lymph node metastasis prediction from papillary thyroid carcinoma US videos: a prospective multicenter study

Radiologists

Accuracy

P value

Sensitivity

P value

Specificity

P value

Senior 1

 

0.03

 

0.86

 

 < 0.001

 Without AI

60 (42/70)

[48, 72]

 

43(14/32)

[27, 62]

 

74 (28/38)

[57, 86]

 

 With AI

67 (47/70)

[55, 78]

 

50 (16/32)

[32, 68]

 

82 (31/38)

[65, 92]

 

Senior 2

 

0.09

 

0.04

 

0.09

 Without AI

60(42/70)

[48, 72]

 

59 (19/32)

[41, 76]

 

61 (23/38)

[43, 76]

 

 With AI

61(43/70)

[49, 73]

 

53 (17/32)

[35, 70]

 

68 (26/38)

[51, 82]

 

Intermediate 1

 

0.82

 

0.31

 

0.78

 Without AI

54 (38/70)

[42, 66]

 

47 (15/32)

[30,65]

 

61 (23/38)

[43, 76]

 

 With AI

50 (35/70)

[38, 62]

 

71 (23/32)

[53, 86]

 

32 (12/38)

[18, 49]

 

Intermediate 2

 

0.19

 

0.05

 

 > 0.99

 Without AI

59 (41/70)

[46, 70]

 

69 (22/32)

[50, 83]

 

50 (19/38)

[34, 66]

 

 With AI

59 (41/70)

[46, 70]

 

69 (22/32)

[50, 83]

 

50 (19/38)

[34, 66]

 

Junior 1

 

0.10

 

 < 0.001

 

0.47

 Without AI

56 (39/70)

[43, 68]

 

81 (26/32)

[63, 92]

 

34 (13/38)

[20, 51]

 

 With AI

64 (45/70)

[52, 75]

 

78 (25/32)

[60, 90]

 

53 (20/38)

[36, 69]

 

Junior 2

 

0.55

 

0.04

 

0.31

 Without AI

53 (37/70)

[41, 65]

 

72 (23/32)

[53, 86]

 

37 (14/38)

[22, 54]

 

 With AI

56 (39/70)

[43, 68]

 

69 (22/32)

[50, 83]

 

45 (17/38)

[30, 62]

 

Average

 

 < 0.001

 

 < 0.001

 

0.28

 Without AI

57 (239/420)

[52, 62]

 

62 (119/192)

[55, 69]

 

53 (120/228)

[46, 59]

 

 With AI

60 (250/420)

[55, 64]

 

65 (125/192)

[58, 72]

 

55 (125/228)

[48, 61]

 
  1. Unless otherwise specified, data are percentages with the number of patients in parentheses and 95% confidence intervals in brackets