AI tool achieves excellent agreement for knee OA severity classification

A commercially available artificial intelligence tool has been externally validated for classifying the severity of knee osteoarthritis on routine radiographs, experts recently shared in the European Journal of Radiology. 

More than 300 million people suffer from knee osteoarthritis (OA) worldwide. Depending on the severity of a joint’s degeneration, an individual’s quality of life can be heavily impacted. Classifying OA severity is especially important to those who may benefit from a total knee replacement, such as patients who suffer from end-stage degeneration. 

“The diagnosis…