
TUESDAY, Sept. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- AI tools may help boost radiologists’ confidence in their diagnoses, but they can't be relied on to identify common lung diseases on chest X-rays, a new study says.Researchers pitted 72 radiologists against four commercially AI tools in an analysis of more than 2,000 X-rays. The human experts won, according to results published Sept. 25 in Radiology. “Chest radiography is a common diagnostic tool, but significant training and experience is required to interpret exams correctly,†said lead researcher Dr. Louis Plesner, resident radiologist and PhD fellow in radiology at Herlev and Gentofte Hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark.“While AI tools are increasingly being approved for use in radiological departments, there is an unmet need to...