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Area of Science:

  • Pulmonology
  • Medical Artificial Intelligence
  • Diagnostic Accuracy

Background:

  • Limited research exists on AI-pulmonologist collaboration for diagnosing pulmonary diseases.
  • Explainable AI (XAI) offers potential for enhancing diagnostic interpretation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate if pulmonologist collaboration with XAI improves pulmonary function test (PFT) interpretation accuracy.
  • To compare diagnostic performance with and without XAI support.

Main Methods:

  • Two-phase study (monocenter and multicenter) involving 78 pulmonologists interpreting 48 PFT reports.
  • Pulmonologists provided differential diagnoses with and without XAI suggestions.
  • Primary endpoint: accuracy of preferential and additional diagnoses; secondary endpoints: diagnostic confidence and inter-rater agreement.

Main Results:

  • Significant improvements in diagnostic accuracy (10.4% preferential, 9.4% differential in phase 1; 5.4% preferential, 8.7% differential in phase 2) with XAI.
  • Increased diagnostic confidence and inter-rater agreement observed with XAI intervention.
  • Pulmonologists' performance improved when AI provided correct predictions.

Conclusions:

  • Collaboration between pulmonologists and XAI enhances PFT interpretation.
  • XAI support leads to superior diagnostic performance compared to individual pulmonologists or AI alone.