WITH 99% ACCURACY, AI IDENTIFIES MODEL AND MFG IN-VIVO (Orthopedics This Week)
Using 682 radiographs (424 patients), researchers from Cleveland Clinic set out to see if artificial intelligence (AI) could help identify the manufacturer and model of implants for patients requiring revision surgery.
Their work, “Artificial Intelligence to Identify Arthroplasty Implants from Radiographs of the Knee,” appears in the October 16, 2020 edition of the Journal of Arthroplasty. (https://www.arthroplastyjournal.org/article/S0883-5403(20)31119-0/fulltext)
Co-author Prem Ramkumar, M.D., M.B.A. told OTW, “As more total joint replacements go into patients from various industry manufacturers of different makes and models, it can be a challenge to identify implants for patients requiring revision surgery.”
“While the standard of care is obtaining operative reports from the primary surgeon or crowdsourcing knowledge from experienced surgeons and industry representatives, this can be a time-intensive and costly process that serves as the bottleneck in access to revision arthroplasty care. This algorithm is a proof of concept that AI can be used to automatically and accuratel...
