AI could be effectively utilized by radiologists to detect incidental pulmonary embolus

An AI tool for the detection of incidental pulmonary embolus (iPE) has been shown to outperform conventional contrast-enhanced chest computed tomography (CT) scans and radiologists alone. An incidental pulmonary embolism is a small blood clot in the lungs. Often patients with an iPE are not aware of this, as the clot is usually too small to cause any symptoms. Therefore, iPEs are almost always diagnosed following a CT scan that was carried out for other reasons. iPEs are not uncommon, having an incidence rate on CT scans of 1.1% in coronary CT and 3.6% in oncological CT.  Despite having few symptoms, if...