Clinical trial · Interventional
Human-AI Collaboration for Ultrasound Diagnosis of Thyroid Nodules - a Clinical Trial
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This is an experimental study wherein groups of medical students and physicians of varying degrees of experience in head-and-neck ultrasound were asked to scan the same five patients each with a thyroid nodule. The study participants did their own ultrasound assessment of the thyroid nodules, as well as using an AI-based ultrasound diagnostics system. The researchers intended to study two primary outcomes: 1) how varying degrees of experience in ultrasound by the operator might affect the diagnostic performance of the AI-based system, and 2) how the AI-based system influenced the diagnostic performance of the ultrasound operator.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thyroid Nodule | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| S-Detect for Thyroid | Diagnostic Test | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Experiment
- description
- 20 participants ultrasound scan five patients with thyroid nodules, and assess these nodules themselves, then with the AI-program, and at last they give a combined assessment.
- interventionNames
- Diagnostic Test: S-Detect for Thyroid
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Accuracy of S-Detect diagnosis
- timeFrame
- 1 day (day of experiment)
- description
- Number of correct thyroid nodule malignancy diagnoses out of total malignancy diagnoses by the AI-based ultrasound diagnostic system "S-Detect" on the five patients' thyroid nodules. Gold standard is cytology and histology of the nodules.
Secondary outcomes (3)
- measure
- Accuracy of biopsy recommendation
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
Show eligibility criteria text
Medical students Inclusion Criteria: * Last year student Exclusion Criteria: * Experience with ultrasound beyond that which is taught at the University of Copenhagen Junior ENT registrar doctors Inclusion Criteria: * Doctor enrolled in introductory training as ENT physician. Senior ENT registrar doctors Inclusion Criteria: * Doctor enrolled in ENT training.
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