Artificial-Intelligence-Aided Radiographic Diagnostic of Knee Osteoarthritis Leads to a Higher Association of Clinical Findings with Diagnostic Ratings.

artificial intelligence clinical severity scores knee osteoarthritis knee radiographs

Journal

Journal of clinical medicine
ISSN: 2077-0383
Titre abrégé: J Clin Med
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101606588

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
17 Jan 2023
Historique:
received: 03 12 2022
revised: 10 01 2023
accepted: 13 01 2023
entrez: 11 2 2023
pubmed: 12 2 2023
medline: 12 2 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Radiographic knee osteoarthritis (OA) severity and clinical severity are often dissociated. Artificial intelligence (AI) aid was shown to increase inter-rater reliability in radiographic OA diagnosis. Thus, AI-aided radiographic diagnoses were compared against AI-unaided diagnoses with regard to their correlations with clinical severity. Seventy-one DICOMs (m/f = 27:42, mean age: 27.86 ± 6.5) (X-ray format) were used for AI analysis (KOALA software, IB Lab GmbH). Subjects were recruited from a physiotherapy trial (MLKOA). At baseline, each subject received (i) a knee X-ray and (ii) an assessment of five main scores (Tegner Scale (TAS); Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS); International Physical Activity Questionnaire; Star Excursion Balance Test; Six-Minute Walk Test). Clinical assessments were repeated three times (weeks 6, 12 and 24). Three physicians analyzed the presented X-rays both with and without AI via KL grading. Analyses of the (i) inter-rater reliability (IRR) and (ii) Spearman's Correlation Test for the overall KL score for each individual rater with clinical score were performed. We found that AI-aided diagnostic ratings had a higher association with the overall KL score and the KOOS. The amount of improvement due to AI depended on the individual rater. AI-guided systems can improve the ratings of knee radiographs and show a stronger association with clinical severity. These results were shown to be influenced by individual readers. Thus, AI training amongst physicians might need to be increased. KL might be insufficient as a single tool for knee OA diagnosis.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Radiographic knee osteoarthritis (OA) severity and clinical severity are often dissociated. Artificial intelligence (AI) aid was shown to increase inter-rater reliability in radiographic OA diagnosis. Thus, AI-aided radiographic diagnoses were compared against AI-unaided diagnoses with regard to their correlations with clinical severity.
METHODS METHODS
Seventy-one DICOMs (m/f = 27:42, mean age: 27.86 ± 6.5) (X-ray format) were used for AI analysis (KOALA software, IB Lab GmbH). Subjects were recruited from a physiotherapy trial (MLKOA). At baseline, each subject received (i) a knee X-ray and (ii) an assessment of five main scores (Tegner Scale (TAS); Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS); International Physical Activity Questionnaire; Star Excursion Balance Test; Six-Minute Walk Test). Clinical assessments were repeated three times (weeks 6, 12 and 24). Three physicians analyzed the presented X-rays both with and without AI via KL grading. Analyses of the (i) inter-rater reliability (IRR) and (ii) Spearman's Correlation Test for the overall KL score for each individual rater with clinical score were performed.
RESULTS RESULTS
We found that AI-aided diagnostic ratings had a higher association with the overall KL score and the KOOS. The amount of improvement due to AI depended on the individual rater.
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
AI-guided systems can improve the ratings of knee radiographs and show a stronger association with clinical severity. These results were shown to be influenced by individual readers. Thus, AI training amongst physicians might need to be increased. KL might be insufficient as a single tool for knee OA diagnosis.

Identifiants

pubmed: 36769394
pii: jcm12030744
doi: 10.3390/jcm12030744
pmc: PMC9917552
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Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Auteurs

Markus Neubauer (M)

Danube University Krems, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dr. Karl-Dorrek-Str. 30, 3500 Krems, Austria.
Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Department for Orthopedics and Traumatology, University Hospital Krems, Dr. Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems, Austria.

Lukas Moser (L)

Danube University Krems, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dr. Karl-Dorrek-Str. 30, 3500 Krems, Austria.
Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Department for Orthopedics and Traumatology, University Hospital Krems, Dr. Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems, Austria.

Johannes Neugebauer (J)

Danube University Krems, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dr. Karl-Dorrek-Str. 30, 3500 Krems, Austria.
Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Department for Orthopedics and Traumatology, University Hospital Krems, Dr. Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems, Austria.

Marcus Raudner (M)

Medical University of Vienna, High-Field MR Center, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy, Währinger-Gürtel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria.

Barbara Wondrasch (B)

Department of Health and Social Sciences, St. Poelten University of Applied Sciences, Campus-Platz 1, 3100 St. Poelten, Austria.

Magdalena Führer (M)

Department of Health and Social Sciences, St. Poelten University of Applied Sciences, Campus-Platz 1, 3100 St. Poelten, Austria.

Robert Emprechtinger (R)

Danube University Krems, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dr. Karl-Dorrek-Str. 30, 3500 Krems, Austria.

Dietmar Dammerer (D)

Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Department for Orthopedics and Traumatology, University Hospital Krems, Dr. Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems, Austria.

Richard Ljuhar (R)

ImageBiopsy Lab GmbH, Zehetnergasse 6/2/2, 1140 Vienna, Austria.

Christoph Salzlechner (C)

ImageBiopsy Lab GmbH, Zehetnergasse 6/2/2, 1140 Vienna, Austria.

Stefan Nehrer (S)

Danube University Krems, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dr. Karl-Dorrek-Str. 30, 3500 Krems, Austria.
Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Department for Orthopedics and Traumatology, University Hospital Krems, Dr. Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems, Austria.

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