Patients favor AI for chest X-ray result processing, with lung cancer patients showing strongest acceptance

In a conjoint study of 440 participants, lung cancer patients favoured combined human+AI chest X-ray result processing (part-worth +13.3, p<0.001), while other groups preferred human-only. Waiting time and next care-step decisions accounted for ~67% of preference weight.

• Overall, respondents supported AI to reduce waiting times; waiting time and next care-step decision were the most important attributes (combined relative importance ~67% in patient samples).
• Lung cancer patients had a strong preference for combined human+AI over human-only (mean part-worth +13.3, p<0.001), while other groups significantly favoured human-only.
• The study used a choice-based conjoint design and sampled three groups: lung cancer patients, those with any chest X-ray experience, and those without recent CXRs (n=440).

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