Artificial intelligence-generated hip radiological measurements are fast and adequate for reliable assessment of hip dysplasia AN EXTERNAL VALIDATION STUDY

H. Archer, S. Reine, A. Alshaikhsalama, Joel Wells, A. Kohli, L. Vazquez, A. Hummer, M. D. Difranco, R. Ljuhar, Y. Xi, A. Chhabra

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Abstract

Aims Hip dysplasia (HD) leads to premature osteoarthritis. Timely detection and correction of HD has been shown to improve pain, functional status, and hip longevity. Several time-consuming radiological measurements are currently used to confirm HD. An artificial intelligence (AI) software named HIPPO automatically locates anatomical landmarks on anter-oposterior pelvis radiographs and performs the needed measurements. The primary aim of this study was to assess the reliability of this tool as compared to multi-reader evaluation in clinically proven cases of adult HD. The secondary aims were to assess the time savings achieved and evaluate inter-reader assessment. Methods A consecutive preoperative sample of 130 HD patients (256 hips) was used. This cohort in-cluded 82.3% females (n = 107) and 17.7% males (n = 23) with median patient age of 28.6 years (interquartile range (IQR) 22.5 to 37.2). Three trained readers’ measurements were compared to AI outputs of lateral centre-edge angle (LCEA), caput-collum-diaphyseal (CCD) angle, pelvic obliquity, Tönnis angle, Sharp’s angle, and femoral head coverage. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) and Bland-Altman analyses were obtained. Results Among 256 hips with AI outputs, all six hip AI measurements were successfully obtained. The AI-reader correlations were generally good (ICC 0.60 to 0.74) to excellent (ICC > 0.75). There was lower agreement for CCD angle measurement. Most widely used measurements for HD diagnosis (LCEA and Tönnis angle) demonstrated good to excellent inter-method reliability (ICC 0.71 to 0.86 and 0.82 to 0.90, respectively). The median reading time for the three readers and AI was 212 (IQR 197 to 230), 131 (IQR 126 to 147), 734 (IQR 690 to 786), and 41 (IQR 38 to 44) seconds, respectively. Conclusion This study showed that AI-based software demonstrated reliable radiological assessment of patients with HD with significant interpretation-related time savings.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)877-884
Number of pages8
JournalBone and Joint Open
Volume3
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2022

Keywords

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Centre-edge angle
  • Deep learning
  • Hip dysplasia
  • Radiographs

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Surgery
  • Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

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