AI Guides Nonexperts to Expert-Level Lung Ultrasound

Medscape March 24, 2025
Edited by Devyani Gholap

TOPLINE:

Artificial intelligence (AI)–assisted lung ultrasound enabled nonexperts to capture diagnostic-quality images after brief software-focused training, matching expert standards in vast majority of cases.

METHODOLOGY:

• Researchers conducted a prospective diagnostic-validation study between July and December 2023 to evaluate the ability of AI to guide healthcare professionals (HCPs) inexperienced in lung ultrasound acquire diagnostic-quality images.
• They included 176 participants (mean age, 63 years; 46% women) with concerns of pulmonary edema who underwent two lung ultrasound examinations — one performed by a trained HCP without formal lung ultrasound training who used Lung Guidance AI software and the other performed by a trained expert who did not use the AI.
• A panel of five expert lung ultrasound readers, blinded to the study...

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