Deep Learning for Detection of Pulmonary Metastasis on Chest Radiographs. 2021

Eui Jin Hwang, and Jeong Su Lee, and Jong Hyuk Lee, and Woo Hyeon Lim, and Jae Hyun Kim, and Kyu Sung Choi, and Tae Won Choi, and Tae-Hyung Kim, and Jin Mo Goo, and Chang Min Park
From the Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea (E.J.H., J.S.L., J.H.L., W.H.L., J.H.K., K.S.C., T.W.C., T.H.K., J.M.G., C.M.P.); Department of Radiology, Namwon Medical Center, Namwon, Korea (W.H.L.); Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea (K.S.C.); and Department of Radiology, Naval Pohang Hospital, Pohang, Korea (T.H.K.).

Background A computer-aided detection (CAD) system may help surveillance for pulmonary metastasis at chest radiography in situations where there is limited access to CT. Purpose To evaluate whether a deep learning (DL)-based CAD system can improve diagnostic yield for newly visible lung metastasis on chest radiographs in patients with cancer. Materials and Methods A regulatory-approved CAD system for lung nodules was implemented to interpret chest radiographs from patients referred by the medical oncology department in clinical practice. In this retrospective diagnostic cohort study, chest radiographs interpreted with assistance from a CAD system after the implementation (January to April 2019, CAD-assisted interpretation group) and those interpreted before the implementation (September to December 2018, conventional interpretation group) of the CAD system were consecutively included. The diagnostic yield (frequency of true-positive detections) and false-referral rate (frequency of false-positive detections) of formal reports of chest radiographs for newly visible lung metastasis were compared between the two groups using generalized estimating equations. Propensity score matching was performed between the two groups for age, sex, and primary cancer. Results A total of 2916 chest radiographs from 1521 patients (1546 men, 1370 women; mean age, 62 years) and 5681 chest radiographs from 3456 patients (2941 men, 2740 women; mean age, 62 years) were analyzed in the CAD-assisted interpretation and conventional interpretation groups, respectively. The diagnostic yield for newly visible metastasis was higher in the CAD-assisted interpretation group (0.86%, 25 of 2916 [95% CI: 0.58, 1.3] vs 0.32%, 18 of 568 [95% CI: 0.20, 0.50%]; P = .004). The false-referral rate in the CAD-assisted interpretation group (0.34%, 10 of 2916 [95% CI: 0.19, 0.64]) was not inferior to that in the conventional interpretation group (0.25%, 14 of 5681 [95% CI: 0.15, 0.42]) at the noninferiority margin of 0.5% (95% CI of difference: -0.15, 0.35). Conclusion A deep learning-based computer-aided detection system improved the diagnostic yield for newly visible metastasis on chest radiographs in patients with cancer with a similar false-referral rate. © RSNA, 2021 Online supplemental material is available for this article.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008168 Lung Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood. Lungs
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011857 Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted Computer systems or networks designed to provide radiographic interpretive information. Computer Assisted Radiographic Image Interpretation,Computer-Assisted Radiographic Image Interpretation,Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer Assisted
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000077321 Deep Learning Supervised or unsupervised machine learning methods that use multiple layers of data representations generated by nonlinear transformations, instead of individual task-specific ALGORITHMS, to build and train neural network models. Hierarchical Learning,Learning, Deep,Learning, Hierarchical
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D012680 Sensitivity and Specificity Binary classification measures to assess test results. Sensitivity or recall rate is the proportion of true positives. Specificity is the probability of correctly determining the absence of a condition. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed) Specificity,Sensitivity,Specificity and Sensitivity
D013902 Radiography, Thoracic X-ray visualization of the chest and organs of the thoracic cavity. It is not restricted to visualization of the lungs. Thoracic Radiography,Radiographies, Thoracic,Thoracic Radiographies

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