AI software for pulmonary embolism detection shows 89% sensitivity, on-call residents achieve 97.6%

Commercial AI detected pulmonary embolism on CTPA with 89% sensitivity and 99% specificity, while on-call radiology residents had 97.6% sensitivity and 99.2% specificity (p>0.05). For proximal PE, AI sensitivity was 97.6%.

• Commercial AI for PE detection on CTPA: sensitivity 89% (99% specificity) vs. radiology residents 97.6% (99.2% specificity), difference not significant (p>0.05).
• AI performed better on proximal PE (sensitivity 97.6% vs. 100% for residents) than peripheral PE (80.5% vs. 95.1%).

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