Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Chest X-ray for the Diagnosis of COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Because it is an accessible and routine image test, medical personnel commonly use a chest X-ray for COVID-19 infections. Artificial intelligence (AI) is now widely applied to improve the precision of routine image tests. Hence, we investigated the clinical merit of the chest X-ray to detect COVID-19 when assisted by AI. We used PubMed, Cochrane Library, MedRxiv, ArXiv, and Embase to search for relevant research published between 1 January 2020 and 30 May 2022. We collected essays that dissected AI-based measures used for patients diagnosed with COVID-19 and excluded research lacking measurements using relevant parameters (i.e., sensitivity, specificity, and area under curve). Two independent researchers summarized the information, and discords were eliminated by consensus. A random effects model was used to calculate the pooled sensitivities and specificities. The sensitivity of the included research studies was enhanced by eliminating research with possible heterogeneity. A summary receiver operating characteristic curve (SROC) was generated to investigate the diagnostic value for detecting COVID-19 patients. Nine studies were recruited in this analysis, including 39,603 subjects. The pooled sensitivity and specificity were estimated as 0.9472 (p = 0.0338, 95% CI 0.9009–0.9959) and 0.9610 (p < 0.0001, 95% CI 0.9428–0.9795), respectively. The area under the SROC was 0.98 (95% CI 0.94–1.00). The heterogeneity of diagnostic odds ratio was presented in the recruited studies (I2 = 36.212, p = 0.129). The AI-assisted chest X-ray scan for COVID-19 detection offered excellent diagnostic potential and broader application.

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