Implementation of Machine Learning Software on the Radiology Worklist Decreases Scan View Delay for the Detection of Intracranial Hemorrhage on CT

• Main Author: Daniel Ginat
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021-06-01
• Series: Brain Sciences
• Subjects: head; CT; hemorrhage; artificial intelligence; report; scan view delay
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/7/832

Background and Purpose: Prompt identification of acute intracranial hemorrhage on CT is important. The goal of this study was to assess the impact of artificial intelligence software for prioritizing positive cases. Materials and Methods: Cases analyzed by Aidoc (Tel Aviv, Israel) software for triaging acute intracranial hemorrhage cases on non-contrast head CT were retrospectively reviewed. The scan view delay time was calculated as the difference between the time the study was completed on PACS and the time the study was first opened by a radiologist. The scan view delay was stratified by scan location, including emergency, inpatient, and outpatient. The scan view delay times for cases flagged as positive by the software were compared to those that were not flagged. Results: A total of 8723 scans were assessed by the software, including 6894 cases that were not flagged and 1829 cases that were flagged as positive. Although there was no statistically significant difference in the scan view time for emergency cases, there was a significantly lower scan view time for positive outpatient and inpatient cases flagged by the software versus negative cases, with a reduction of 604 min on average, 90% in the scan view delay (<i>p</i>-value < 0.0001) for outpatients, and a reduction of 38 min on average, and 10% in the scan view delay (<i>p</i>-value <= 0.01) for inpatients. Conclusion: The use of artificial intelligence triage software for acute intracranial hemorrhage on head CT scans is associated with a significantly shorter scan view delay for cases flagged as positive than cases not flagged among outpatients and inpatients at an academic medical center.