New research suggests the potential of employing artificial intelligence (AI) in real-time to help determine whether to proceed with a full breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination or opt for an abbreviated breast MRI (AB-MRI).
For the retrospective study, recently published in Radiology, researchers performed a simulation study with a cohort of 863 women to assess the use of an AI tool for facilitating a decision to continue with a full breast MRI or decide whether an abbreviated MRI was sufficient. The study authors said the AI tool generated a suspicion score for malignancy based on subtraction maximum intensity projection MRI scans.
In comparison to the full MRI protocol, the researchers found that the AB-MRI protocol offered comparable sensitivity (88.2 percent vs. 86.3 percent) and specificity (80.8…