Real-world analysis of artificial intelligence in musculoskeletal trauma

Musculoskeletal trauma accounts for a large percentage of emergency room visits and is amongst the top causes of unscheduled patient visits to the emergency room. Musculoskeletal trauma results in expenditure of billions of dollars and protracted losses of quality-adjusted life years. New and innovative methods are needed to minimise the impact by ensuring quick and accurate assessment. However, each of the currently utilised radiological procedures, such as radiography, ultrasonography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging, has resulted in implosion of medical imaging data. Deep learning, a recent advancement in artificial intelligence, has demonstrated the potential to analyse medical images with sensitivity and specificity at par with experts. In this review article, we intend to summarise and showcase the various developments which have occurred in the dynamic field of artificial intelligence and machine learning and how their applicability to different aspects of imaging in trauma can be explored to improvise our existing reporting systems and improvise on patient outcomes.