Bowness, James S;
Burckett-St Laurent, David;
Hernandez, Nadia;
Keane, Pearse A;
Lobo, Clara;
Margetts, Steve;
Moka, Eleni;
... Higham, Helen; + view all
(2022)
Assistive artificial intelligence for ultrasound image interpretation in regional anaesthesia: an external validation study.
British Journal of Anaesthesia
10.1016/j.bja.2022.06.031.
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Abstract
Background: Ultrasonound is used to identify anatomical structures during regional anaesthesia and to guide needle insertion and injection of local anaesthetic. ScanNav Anatomy Peripheral Nerve Block (Intelligent Ultrasound, Cardiff, UK) is an artificial intelligence-based device that produces a colour overlay on real-time B-mode ultrasound to highlight anatomical structures of interest. We evaluated the accuracy of the artificial-intelligence colour overlay and its perceived influence on risk of adverse events or block failure. Methods: Ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia experts acquired 720 videos from 40 volunteers (across nine anatomical regions) without using the device. The artificial-intelligence colour overlay was subsequently applied. Three more experts independently reviewed each video (with the original unmodified video) to assess accuracy of the colour overlay in relation to key anatomical structures (true positive/negative and false positive/negative) and the potential for highlighting to modify perceived risk of adverse events (needle trauma to nerves, arteries, pleura, and peritoneum) or block failure. Results: The artificial-intelligence models identified the structure of interest in 93.5% of cases (1519/1624), with a false-negative rate of 3.0% (48/1624) and a false-positive rate of 3.5% (57/1624). Highlighting was judged to reduce the risk of unwanted needle trauma to nerves, arteries, pleura, and peritoneum in 62.9–86.4% of cases (302/480 to 345/400), and to increase the risk in 0.0–1.7% (0/160 to 8/480). Risk of block failure was reported to be reduced in 81.3% of scans (585/720) and to be increased in 1.8% (13/720). Conclusions: Artificial intelligence-based devices can potentially aid image acquisition and interpretation in ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia. Further studies are necessary to demonstrate their effectiveness in supporting training and clinical practice.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Assistive artificial intelligence for ultrasound image interpretation in regional anaesthesia: an external validation study |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.bja.2022.06.031 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2022.06.031 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of British Journal of Anaesthesia. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | anatomy, artificial intelligence, machine learning, regional anaesthesia, translational AI, ultrasonography, ultrasound |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Institute of Ophthalmology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10154907 |
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