AI-Assisted Chest CT Interpretation Across the Lung Cancer Care Continuum

Brief Summary

This investigator-initiated, single-center study consists of a retrospective artificial intelligence model-development stage and a prospective physician reader-study stage. Deidentified chest CT examinations acquired during routine clinical care between January 1, 2021, and December 31, 2024, will be used to develop, validate, and lock artificial intelligence models for lung cancer-related imaging tasks. In the prospective stage, approximately 12 to 15 physicians with experience in chest CT interpretation will complete two reading sessions in randomized order: unaided interpretation and AI-assisted interpretation. The sessions will be separated by a washout period of at least 4 weeks. The primary objective is to compare diagnostic performance between AI-assisted and unaided interpretation. Secondary objectives include reading time, diagnostic confidence, inter-reader agreement, and errors related to incorrect AI suggestions. All readings will be performed in an offline research environment. AI outputs will not be used for patient care, and the study will not add imaging examinations, treatment, or follow-up for patients.