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Can ChatGPT help patients understand radiopharmaceutical extravasations?
1Independent Researcher, Cary, NC, United States.
Frontiers in Nuclear Medicine
|November 21, 2024
Summary
Artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT shows promise as a reliable patient resource for radiopharmaceutical extravasation information, offering appropriate and helpful responses. However, its information differs from official nuclear medicine society guidelines.
Area of Science:
- Nuclear Medicine
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
- Medical Information Dissemination
Background:
- Previous research indicated ChatGPT's adequacy for 18F-FDG PET/CT counseling.
- Radiopharmaceutical extravasations are a critical concern in nuclear medicine patient care.
- Patients increasingly seek medical information online, necessitating reliable sources.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate ChatGPT's suitability as an informational resource for patients regarding radiopharmaceutical extravasations.
- To assess the appropriateness, helpfulness, and consistency of ChatGPT's responses.
- To compare AI-generated information with established nuclear medicine guidelines.
Main Methods:
- ChatGPT was queried with 15 questions on radiopharmaceutical extravasations, each three times.
- Responses were evaluated by nuclear medicine physicians and a physicist using predefined criteria.
- Interobserver agreement was assessed using the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC).
- Reference quality and AI hallucination were also evaluated.
Main Results:
- ChatGPT responses were rated highly appropriate (100%) and very helpful (93%) by evaluators.
- Good overall agreement (ICC=0.72) was observed among evaluators.
- Minor inconsistencies were found in 87% of responses; significant differences in 13%.
- ChatGPT utilized validated references or general medical guidelines, with no AI hallucinations detected.
- AI-generated information significantly diverged from official Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) positions.
Conclusions:
- ChatGPT may serve as a reliable patient resource for radiopharmaceutical extravasation information.
- The discrepancies between AI responses and official guidelines require attention.
- Further investigation is needed to reconcile AI-generated content with established medical standards.
Keywords:
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