Korean radiologists report successful experience with chest x-ray AI

A team led by Dr. Hyun Joo Shin, PhD, of Yongin Severance Hospital in Yongin, surveyed radiologists and clinicians at their hospital two years after implementing commercially available software (Insight CXR, Lunit) as an aid in detecting lung lesions on chest x-rays. Respondents said the tool was most useful in the emergency room, and pneumothorax was considered the most valuable finding, according to the findings.

“It is notable that many doctors now routinely refer to AI in their everyday workflow as this gives us a glimpse of what full adaptation of AI can mean for radiology in the…