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Deep-learning-assisted diagnosis for knee magnetic resonance imaging: Development and retrospective validation of MRNet

27 Nov 2018Medicine 2018 11archive 2025-07-28

Nicholas Bien, Pranav Rajpurkar, Robyn L. Ball, Jeremy Irvin, Allison Park, Erik Jones, Michael Bereket, Bhavik N. Patel, Kristen W. Yeom, Katie Shpanskaya, Safwan Halabi, Evan Zucker, Gary Fanton, Derek F. Amanatullah, Christopher F. Beaulieu, Geoffrey M. Riley, Russell J. Stewart, Francis G. Blankenberg, David B. Larson, Ricky H. Jones, Curtis P. Langlotz, Andrew Y. Ng, Matthew P. Lungren

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the knee is the preferred method for diagnosing knee injuries. However, interpretation of knee MRI is time-intensive and subject to diagnostic error and variability. An automated system for interpreting knee MRI could prioritize highrisk patients and assist clinicians in making diagnoses. Deep learning methods, in being able to automatically learn layers of features, are well suited for modeling the complex relationships between medical images and their interpretations. In this study we developed a deep learning model for detecting general abnormalities and specific diagnoses (anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] tears and meniscal tears) on knee MRI exams. We then measured the effect of providing the model’s predictions to clinical experts during interpretation.

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TaskDatasetModelMetricValueRank at snapshotLeaderboardReport
Multi-Label Classification MRNet MRNet AUC on ACL Tear (ACL) 0.915 #1 of 2 Archive leaderboard report
Multi-Label Classification MRNet MRNet AUC on Abnormality (ABN) 0.944 #1 of 2 Archive leaderboard report
Multi-Label Classification MRNet MRNet AUC on Meniscus Tear (MEN) 0.822 #1 of 2 Archive leaderboard report
Multi-Label Classification MRNet MRNet Accuracy on ACL Tear (ACL) 0.867 #1 of 2 Archive leaderboard report
Multi-Label Classification MRNet MRNet Accuracy on Abnormality (ABN) 0.850 #1 of 2 Archive leaderboard report
Multi-Label Classification MRNet MRNet Accuracy on Meniscus Tear (MEN) 0.725 #1 of 2 Archive leaderboard report
Multi-Label Classification MRNet MRNet Average AUC 0.894 #1 of 2 Archive leaderboard report
Multi-Label Classification MRNet MRNet Average Accuracy 0.814 #1 of 2 Archive leaderboard report

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