COMPARATIVE DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE OF CHEST RADIOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN COPD: THE GREATEST BENEFIT AT AN EARLY STAGE

Abstract

  Chest radiography, visual CT reading and AI-based image analysis  are  all  used  in  COPD  imaging,  yet  the  literature  lacks  studies  that  compare  them  directly in one patient cohort against a single reference standard. Such a comparison is 
needed to define the place of each method in the diagnostic pathway, particularly for  early disease.