A Comparison of Follow-Up Recommendations by Chest Radiologists, General Radiologists, and Pulmonologists Using Computer-Aided Detection to Assess Radiographs for Actionable Pulmonary Nodules

Abstract

The effect of CAD on readers' clinical decisions varies depending on the training of the reader. CAD did not improve the performance of chest or general radiologists. Nonradiologists are particularly vulnerable to CAD's false-positive marks.